Looking At The Big Picture
When the weather makes it hard to stay on top of your garden, it’s easy to fall into thinking that you had a bad year. Maybe your tomatoes blighted out
Fall Gardening
After helping our participants get ready for their fall gardens (gladly, of course), we finally got around to planting ours. We have our raised beds planted with bush beans, a
Fall Planning
The time is here to start planning for our fall gardens. When our campus garden was flooded out, the soil composition was disrupted and our summer garden became sedentary and
Clover Creek Farm and the Mason Family
On August 7th, we loaded up and went to Frakes, Ky to meet with our participants out at Clover Creek Farm. Upon arriving there, we were greeted with smiles and
Third Annual Fall Harvest Celebration Picnic
Last night we held our third annual fall harvest celebration picnic and it was AWESOME !!! We had forty seven of our members attend all who brought dishes prepared form
Wolf Family Hightunnel
This week we were blessed with the presence of Mark Walden,Grow Appalachia's Assistant Director, and Lindsey Harper,Grow Appalachia Intern, to work with Chip and I on constructing a high tunnel
Busy, Busy, Busy
This has been a very busy week at Red Bird Mission. We would like to thank our members for a very successful Farmer's Market
Our Week At Red Bird Mission
This week brought a wonderful donation offer to the Grow Appalachia Red Bird Mission site. I was contacted by a warehouse owner just north of Knoxville Tennessee who has thousands
Farmers Market Grand Opening
Friday was the grand opening of Red Bird Mission's Farmer's market. I was excited about our opening at Red Bird Mission's fireworks show, where about 120 people attended. I was also
So Far, So Good
This has been a very busy week for Intern Chip and I. We have made a lot of home visits checking participants gardens to see how things were growing. We
