Heirloom Seed Project — Chad Brock–Red Bird Mission
This year Red Bird Mission's Grow Appalachia Program is venturing into an heirloom seed project. This project is designed to produce several types and varieties of heirloom seeds for
Updates Red Bird Mission
Last Night we held our third Grow Appalachia meeting here at Red Bird Mission. Bill Best who is an heirloom seed specialist was our guest speaker and taught the ins and outs and importance of saving
Grow Appalachia Poultry Project-Red Bird Mission, Chad Brock
Today I completed the first of seven portable chicken coops for one of our members. She is so excited and grateful to be a part of this project. There are eleven
Providing Your Plants With Water—Chad Brock —Red Bird Mission
This week I figured a blog about getting your garden through a dry spell would be beneficial. In our area we haven't seen rain for weeks now and that is
Home Visits —-Red Bird Mission——Chad Brock
This week some volunteers and I made a few home visits to see how our participants gardens are growing and to offer some help to those who could
Another Busy Week For Grow Appalachia at Red Bird Mission —– Chad Brock
Here at Red Bird Mission the Grow Appalachia crew is working on getting stakes and cane poles for all of our participants' tomatoes and beans. This has been a pretty
Our Week at Red Bird Mission ———- Chad Brock
Yesterday Karen and I finished planting our Grow Appalachia community garden. We now have a nice variety of vegetables growing here on campus and in our participants family
Final Spring Planting—- Chad Brock— Red Bird Mission
This week we are making our final push to get these gardens prepared and planted. We had a couple of gardens that we were unable to get plowed with a
Time fly’s when your having fun! Chad Brock Red Bird Mission
We had beautiful weather last week and were able to get a lot of garden planting done. Here at Red Bird Mission we planted several raised beds with cole crops
Cold Snaps – Red Bird Mission
Just when you are getting all excited about your gardens, WHAM! A FROST. Then it warms up, you get all excited about how the little veggies are doing and.....BAM! another
