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

This week I have been compiling all of our Recipes from our participants, putting our lending library together, and reviewing 2012 applications. I  have decided to share a couple of

Last Tuesday me and Grow Appalachia participant Richard Mason were given the opportunity to attend the “Small, Limited Resource, Minority Farms Conference” at Kentucky State University in Frankfort. This opportunity

Here at Red Bird Mission we have been spending our time compiling 2011Grow Appalachia participant’s info into personalized folders putting gardens to bed and preparing for the 2012 growing season.

We held our final Grow Appalachia meeting here at Red Bird Mission Thursday Oct.20 2011. We distributed two books to all participants that attended. One was"Carrots love Tomatoes" which is

Last Thursday the Red Bird Farmers Project had a field day at Will Bowling’s Farm.A few of the Grow Appalachia participants were able to attend this seeing that some are

Here at the Red Bird Mission we have gotten our harvest records in and cover crops out. We have been working on totaling  harvest records this week and the number of

Participants of the Red Bird Grow Appalachia project attended a joint training with participants of the Red Bird Farmers project on September 15, 2011.  The UK Cooperative Extension Agriculture Agent,

As the field worker here at the Redbird Mission site, these last few weeks have truley been the highlight of my experience with Grow Appalachia.Seeing the rewards from all the

Red Bird Notes----Bettina BalmerFall is in the air even though officially it is still about a month away.  There are leaves falling and less humidity.  That cool crisp morning air