Hello Grow family! We have been busy busy bees this summer. Early June, we got to host Candace and Faye at Build It Up and take them on garden tours around East Tennessee. We saw a wide variety of gardens and gardeners that are in the program this year. Most importantly, we got to see
Hello fellow gardeners, This month I've decided to feature one of our second year gardeners to tell his story and share some pictures from his garden. Justin's story is below. Justin Delp's Story: "We are so excited for the garden this year. Last year was our first year and we loved learning so many new
Material Distribution Day! Whew! What a busy first week of May! We started the week off with our biggest material distribution of the year. Due to some things being backordered and coming in late, we weren't bale to do our normal mid April pick up and instead had to wait until May. This distribution included
Build It Up Update Just after our last update with y'all, we had our first workshop of 2022. It was held in person at local community center and simultaneously livestreamed on Zoom. The in-person turnout was awesome! We had about 35 folks in person and 10 online. It was so great getting to see and
Hi all! Long time, no see. We are getting ready to have our first workshop next Monday and couldn't be more excited. This year, we're implementing a hybrid learning component into our workshops. 2020 and 2021 programs were completely online due to Covid, and folks definitely felt the difference. Much of our feedback last year
Hello everyone! Rosie here checking in from Build It Up East Tennessee. This month, gardeners had an EXCESS of fresh produce. So much so that they came up with lots of creative ways to use their food so it wouldn't go to waste. The biggest producer was, of course, tomatoes. It seems people can't wait
We have been waiting patiently since April for our favorite summer crops to ripen enough to pluck off the plant and eat and we are finally there! This past month has been a turning point for tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, peppers, eggplants and more. The number one thing we've been hearing from our gardeners for the
Hello fellow gardeners! We are entering July with a bounty of new things going on. June brought more rain and a newfound appreciation for disease prevention. Our gardeners are starting to see their first harvests come to fruition. I am excited to our harvest totals at the end of July. Another exciting thing that is
Hello from Build It Up in East Tennessee! We are steadily enjoying this new summer weather as we prepare to start harvesting some yummy crops this month. Our gardeners have been learning all about pest control in May and will start learning about disease control in June. Luckily, we've had some much needed rain in
Whew! What a busy month April was. We had our biggest material pick up of the year that included: seeds, plants, fertilizer, trellising materials, potatoes and tools. Normally we do two different pick ups but this year, our orders came in late so we had to group them together. Luckily it went off without a
