This week the students are still harvesting greens for school salad despite the fact that many of the plants are bolting and reaching maturity. The students are learning about pollination and how the plants produce seed. We will harvest seed pods when they mature, allow them to dry and collect seed for next year! There are flats of lettuce to…Read More

Attend the Greening Our Schools workshop this Saturday at Jenny Wiley Convention Center. The session will be one of many interesting sessions offered at the Growing Appalachia Conference. Register here!
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Attend the Greening Our Schools workshop this Saturday at Jenny Wiley Convention Center. The session will be one of many interesting sessions offered at the Growing Appalachia Conference. Register here!
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Mark Kidd, a writer for the Community Farm Alliance, wrote a great article about our garden at Pikeville Elementary. Check it out!
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Monday we removed the snow and ice from the low tunnels and inspected the damage. Some of the produce didn’t survive, so those beds will be cleaned out in preparation of Spring planting. We were pleasantly surprised by the kale that not only survived the negative temperatures, but looks great! Another surprising discovery was the durability of…Read More