Summertime Planting: A warm hug!
Summertime Planting! We've begun our gardening with enthusiasm and we're barely into May. Our gardeners have been holding off as long as they can, but now the race is on.
Basic Planting and Raised Bed Gardening
This months meeting was held at the Scott Christian Care Center. As some of you know we have several raised beds at the center that we community garden. This meeting
Finally, Spring!
It looks like spring might finally have shown up. The ground is drying up and we're getting gardens tilled. We're still expecting a hard frost or two, but our seeds
Kindness is…Growing Carrots
Hello garden friends and Grow Appalachia followers! It's March 2018, and since our last post we’ve celebrated the holidays and now winters end, well sorta. We got a few inches
Getting Ready For The Farmer’s Market
This is Travis at Red Bird Mission. I attended the Eastern Kentucky Farmer Conference (EKFC) on February 22nd and 23rd. Where I learned a lot about taking care of my
Our Trial Crops for the Season
New crops in the garden add variety and challenge. In an effort to benefit both our neighbors and ourselves, part of our income is made by selling produce at local
First Fridays and Farewells
I would like to take this month’s blog to really focus on the things that we have found great success with this and past seasons. I spend a significant amount
Newest Addition To The Family
I would like for everyone to meet my son, David Bentlee Adkins, he was born September 7, 2017. He weighed 8 pounds 12 ounces and was 21 inches long. He
Garlic Braids
Last week, the Linwood Community Daycare had an absolutely record week of produce sales....over $500! If only we could do that EVERY week! The really interesting thing is that we
Over the Mountain to Berea, here she comes!
Produce is starting to come in, and preservation classes are beginning here at Rural Resources, in Greeneville, TN. Debbie Strickland here, reporting in on our classes and activities, and on
