Handmade by survivors
By Diane Fleet, Assistant Director GreenHouse17 We have our first value-added products from the farm! Although production of our lip balms and soaps only took a few days, we've been
Planting Underway
Slowly we are seeing those little green buds popping out on most of our plants which is a good sign that the growing season is well underway. Our folks are
Helping kids Help the Earth
I now have a new found appreciation for teachers. In celebration of Earth Day, of Farmers Market Manager and one of our community garden supervisors Helen, reached out to the
It’s been a humbling week
By Jessica Ballard GreenHouse17 We all know the saying: if you don't like the weather in Kentucky, stick around for five minutes. This couldn't be any truer this week. On
Planting in the Head
Today is April 16th, 2014; I have nothing planted thus far. My garden has been tilled to plant. However, Ole Man Winter keeps hanging on. The signs are not the
Spring update from LMU
cabbages, kales, kohlrabi's, cilantro, onions Here is Dan and daughter Dea(possibly misspelled) she is cutting blinds for plant markers and dad is doing the printing. They make a
Healthy Living
This past Tuesday Deonna and I went to the Cora Community Garden to take pictures and see the progress that the college students had worked so hard on over the
Catching that rain water!
In the last sustainable williamson post, I mentioned different ways to collect rainwater at community gardens. This included the use of PVC piping, to collect into an IBC container, as
Busy, Busy and Excited!
Here at ASPI we have been busy this week. We had our Rockcastle County Farmer's Market meeting, got stuff to start our soil test and many other thing. We are
Harvesting the Rain
For the last two years, in addition to the rain that falls on the raised beds, our garden has depended solely on city water. Since we have had access to
