Hi, this is Justin Brock down here at the Red Bird Mission Grow Appalachia. First off I want to thank everyone that participated in this years in Grow Appalachia for all there patience and cooperation. This was my first year being a coordinator it has been a learning experience and fun.

members late greens

members late greens

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cover crop wheat and rye

cover crop wheat and rye

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plot covered with cardboard

plot covered with cardboard

Well the fall crops are full, the winter cover crops are up, and everyone has been busy cleaning off there gardens. We had our last farmers market last Saturday, we had a good turn out lots of pretty greens, potatoes and fresh breads.

Last farmers market

Last farmers market

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We had another donation of beans out of Tennessee. A couple thousand pounds. There all about gone now. thanks to those folks again for bringing those up to help feed people.

donated beans

donated beans

And we got digging around in our sweet potato patch and found this monster sweet potato it weighed 4 pounds.

Big Sweet tater Donna small

Big Sweet tater Donna small