Our first Grow Appalachia Meeting was held Thursday, February 23. The meeting was a joint meeting consisting of members from both Grow Appalachia and the Red Bird

       A raised bed garden is any garden area that is built up higher than the soil around it. Although many raised beds are just soil mounded up

Monday, February 6 , David Cooke, Grow Appalachia Director, Berea College Appalachian Fund Director and Constance Dykhuizen, JP’s Peace Love Happiness Foundation Director, visited us here at Red Bird Mission.

       Seeing the first signs that spring is around the corner gardeners in southeast Kentucky don't know what kind of weather to expect from day to day but

Here at Red Bird Mission we are psyched about gearing up for the upcoming growing season.We are now putting together the berry order for all our participants and preparing for

A New HireThe New Year brings the opportunity for renewed hope, great expectations, and the chance for a fresh start to apply lessons learned and improve our outcomes in this

 Today I have been calling Participants and putting together their spring fruitorder and advising them to be thinking about some disease prevention methods for their gardens such as crop rotation, pulling all dead plants

In the mountains of Appalachia it is said to be bad luck to say thank you if you ever receive cuttings or plants as a gift. The plant will not