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West Virginia

My 96-Year-Old Dad has a Green Thumb in West Virginia and the first year's crops.

My 96-Year-Old Dad has a Green Thumb in West Virginia

My 96-Year-old Dad has a Green Thumb in West Virginia My father and I are enjoying the season and have put in a raised bed garden in his yard. This is the first year, but he is enjoying all phases . . . soil prep, planting, cultivation, and harvesting. When I was a kid we […]

Our Family Garden

My mother was born in rural West Virginia in 1917 and was a young girl when the Great Depression hit. In order to feed their family of eight children, her family grew an abundance of fruits and vegetables. My mother married at the beginning of World War II learning to live with rationing. So gardening […]