Gardens are GREAT! For teaching; for learning! For cooking; for Eating!
Greetings from Park Place! Deni here, blogging about the exciting time we had in the garden! School is back in session and kids at Abingdon High were SO excited to
Pigweed – The Spiny Kind
Greetings from Park Place! Deni here - at the Vance Garden, we're fighting mile high spiny amaranth or spiny pigweed. This nasty weed is tricky to work with because of
Spicy Kale Chips
Greetings from Park Place Over the past few weeks, Grow Your Own has been partnering with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, holding workshops once a week to promote healthy living. Grow
Beets in Buckets
Greetings from Park Place! On July 25th Devan Crabtree, my fellow summer VISTA, and I went up to the Vance Community Garden. It was a light work day as it
A Very Good Bug
The Assasin Bug; rightly named for the characteristic of stabbing it's prey with it's long proboscis, injects its prey with a lethal saliva that liquefies the insides of the prey,
A July Work Day
Greetings from Park Place! Mid July; already! And the garden is alive and producing! The following blog was written by AmeriCorps Summer VISTA, Austin Neely, who is new to the
Why Wash Your Produce?
Summer Heat; One of the most important reasons why washing your produce is important. Field Heat can be retained in bunched produce for hours; reducing the quality and the nutritional
Potatoes, Scarecrows & Garden Wraps
Greetings from Park Place! June has been replaced by July; and thus ends the YWCA's Tech GYRLS summer programs. But before they headed off for their long awaited summer vacation, we
YWCA Tech GYRLS Explore Water Quality
Greetings from Park Place! Each time that the YWCA Tech GYRLS works at Park Place, I ask them to write a blog for me to share. Sometimes it takes a
United Way Volunteer Day
Greetings from Park Place! Last Thursday, I was given the opportunity to work with United Way’s Week of Caring Volunteers site at Vance Middle School Garden in Bristol, TN. Volunteers
