Let’s Get Going
Here at Red Bird Mission Grow Appalachia has begun making home visits and getting to know some of our new participants better and assisting them in making their garden
A Look At Our Year At Red Bird Mission
This being our final blog for the 2013 year I felt it would be a great time to take a look back at our Grow Appalachia Program here at
Time For Being Thankful
With Thanksgiving just around the corner I felt this would be the perfect time for us to reflect on all the things that we are thankful for that Grow Appalachia
Off Season Preparation Training
Last night Grow Appalachia held its last training workshop for the season. The workshop topic was Off Season Preparation and our speaker for that subject was Jeff Casada of the
Brushy Fork Inststute
Last week I was blessed with the opportunity to attend the annual Brushy Fork Institute held on the campus of the Berea College thanks to the generosity
Starting a New Chapter – Chip Dial
As this chapter of my life comes to a close, I’d like to say a few things. Thank you to Tracy Nolan, Chad Brock and everyone else involved in creating
Mark Walden’s Site Visit and Training
This week, Mark Walden, Assistant Director Grow Appalachia at Berea College, came by to give our participants training on Cold Weather Gardening. He arrived early, so we could take him to see
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
