Gardener Story: Ashley Chambers

I began gardening 3 summers ago (not including the many little plants I was gifted at various points and always ended up killing). It wasn’t until last fall that I got a desire to really try. When I went online and into books, there was so much information that...

Gardener Story: Nicolle Family

We as a family have really enjoyed the Build it Up program. Our family has gotten to work together to plant a beautiful garden and learn about organic crops, food preservation (canning, dehydrating, freeze dried and fermenting), and how much land it takes to feed a...

Gardener Story: Emily Searcy

One of the most rewarding things about gardening is enjoying the fruits of your labor – that first ripe organically-grown tomato that you started from seed, nurtured under grow lights, hardened on the porch, strung up from trellises, and then watched and waited...

Gardener Story: Emily Brown

Black Thumb?  No More! I suppose I can’t say I have a black thumb anymore! Hello out there! I’m Emily and I have a moderate sized garden in my backyard, inside the Johnson City limits.  I’m a long time organic farmer’s market shopper and before this experience, I...

Gardener Story: Jason and Krystal Smith

Gardening For Our Family, Community, and Our Sanity We have been growing food for a lot of years now. We garden to feed our family with nutritious foods, create healthy natural ecosystems, build healthy soil, and build community in our surrounding areas. Each year we...