Rural Resources’ Farm and Food Teen Training Program is beginning for another year!
As we fight winter - or should I say on and off again winter - our gardens are waiting for attentive hands to tend their every needs. In the background,
Ready to Grow and Learn
This week we had the first meeting for Grow Appalachia. There are lots of people ready and waiting for the warm weather so the growing can begin. We had about
Planning Planting at Cowan Community Center
It took two tries but we found a week without snow and were able to have a series of meetings to meet with potential new Grow Appalachia participants. We had
Keep on Truckin
By the time this blog is posted, it will almost be March, which means it will almost be spring, which is a slightly terrifying but mostly exciting!!…In the last post
And We’re Off
The last couple weeks here at Red Bird Mission it has been filled with beautiful sunny days and Grow Appalachia has been taking full advantage of them. Piling in the
Ode to high tunnels
By Jessica Ballard GreenHouse17 Do you gaze longingly out the window for a chance to feel the soil under your fingers again? Is wintertime wearing down your summery soul? Fear
Agriculture Education
This past Monday, several of us got together at the Knott County Sportsplex to hear Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture, James Comer and Kentucky’s US Senators, Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul,
Rambling of the week of february 16th
So first we had our 1st field trip meeting of the year. We drove down to Tazewell to hear Dr. Lockwood from UT give a very informative talk about fruit
Sugar Snow!
My husband said no snow but I knew that we were right on the line to get some snow from the big snowstorm that stopped travelers in their tracks down
mother nature is tough
seed viability test Last winter Mr. Bill planted a package of a romaine type lettuce in a bed in the greenhouse. We enjoyed it from late winter through
