Good to Grow: Get started in the garden with a raised bed
By By Chris Postalwait Good to Grow I cannot imagine going into spring without a garden. Many things have changed over the years in my life, like so many of you. However, planting and growing a garden...
View ArticleInd. business donates thousands of plants to WV Manna Meal garden
By Jake Jarvis The call came out of nowhere.Chris Stutzman runs a garden supply store, Garden Harvest Supply, in a small town in Indiana. He was looking to donate some plants to community gardens...
View ArticleWVU professor develops tomatoes resistant to fungus, blight
By Anna Taylor MORGANTOWN - Mannon Gallegly, West Virginia University professor emeritus of plant pathology, has made it his mission to develop a disease-free tomato. In conjunction with the 150th...
View ArticleGood to Grow: Signs of spring popping up all around us
By By Jane Powell Good To Grow Aw, spring. Just when I've had all the brown I can take, you arrive. You bring warm days and cool nights. You tease me with sunshine and make me begin to search garden...
View ArticleGood to Grow: Spreading spring with Grammy's daffodils
By By Alex Cole Good to Grow Redbuds, whippoorwills and the first daffodil; in West Virginia we are lucky to have many beautiful harbingers of spring. Things are waking up, coming back and blooming....
View ArticleWV Urban Agriculture Conference caters to all levels of growers
By Carlee Lammers The West Virginia Urban Agriculture Conference is returning this month, offering sessions on everything from homesteading, urban growing, marketing, livestock and small fruit...
View ArticleWV Culinary Team: Homegrown asparagus an essential spring experience
By By Susan Maslowski WV Culinary Team Asparagus was one of the first things I planted when I established my garden in the mid-70s. The 35-foot asparagus bed still provides enough to eat, pickle and...
View ArticleGood to Grow: Seeing landscape as a work of art
By By Brit Blevins Good To Grow I'm originally from Colorado, but I've lived in West Virginia for most of my adult life and love it. You all weren't kidding when you called it wild and wonderful. I've...
View ArticleTry This WV conference looks to plant more seeds of change
By Douglas Imbrogno Conferences come and go, jazzing people with ideas and inspiration. Often, the buzz soon fades with the return to the workaday world. But the Try This West Virginia conference...
View ArticleGood to Grow: Garden beans keep that summer feeling going all year
By By Chris Postalwait Good to Grow If you happen to be around my house most week nights at dinner, you will hear a common phrase at the table: "Pass the beans please." Make no mistake about it,...
View ArticleCharleston giving away compost
By Staff reports Gardeners and growers in the Charleston area can pick up soil for free in the coming weeks. The city of Charleston public grounds department is giving away compost from shredded...
View ArticleGood to Grow: The familiar fragrance of home
By By Jane Powell Good To Grow I did a bit of traveling this week and had a chance to stay in my first Airbnb - a cozy, older home in a charming Southern neighborhood. As I parked the car and made my...
View ArticleWV Culinary Team: Boost healing qualities with homegrown wheatgrass
By By Sally Miller WV Culinary Team April is a fickle month. It is unpredictable. Just when you think the weather has changed for the better and you are enjoying pre-summer weather, temperatures drop...
View ArticleGood to Grow: Let weeds grow to spread important WV wildflowers
By By Alex Cole Good to Grow If West Virginia had a state extreme sport, it would be all-terrain lawn mowing. White water rafting and base jumping have nothing on the death-defying acts I have seen...
View ArticleHerb gardens a DIY project you can savor
By Carlee Lammers Fresh herbs have the power to liven up any dish, from Italian meals to summer salads - and you don't have to break the bank or even become a master gardener to grow your own this...
View ArticleGood to Grow: Taking the 'dry shade' challenge
By By Lynne Schwartz-Barker Good to Grow Lisa Kesecker emailed me in March from Moorefield, near the eastern panhandle of the state, asking for information about gardening in clay soil, woodland shade...
View ArticleWV Culinary Team: Take rhubarb beyond the pie
By By Susan Maslowski WV Culinary Team Rhubarb is a seasonal herbaceous perennial vegetable that grows from rhizomes. It is one of the first plants to emerge in spring. It belongs to the same family...
View ArticleGood to Grow: Plant pumpkins now for fun in fall
By By Chris Postalwait Good to Grow If there was one thing I learned from growing pumpkins, it was that almost everyone loves these fascinating globes of wonderment. Young, old and, best of all, the...
View ArticleGood to Grow: Maximize quality and space with square-foot gardens
By By Jane Powell Good To Grow I was introduced to square-foot gardening by my friend, Delores. I had just built raised beds in my backyard and was excited to begin planting. I intended to plant in...
View ArticleWV Culinary Team: How to grow sprouts for cooking in your own kitchen
By By Sally Miller WV Culinary Team I love the term "Kitchen Gardening," which was coined by Steve Meyerowitz in his book "Sproutman's Kitchen Garden Cookbook." Steve is a living example of change. He...
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