Gardener Story: Joanna Arceo

This was our first year gardening, not just in Tennessee, but in general. Back when we were living in California, I asked my husband to pull the hedges in front of our condo so I could plant some edible plants for the kids. It was very small scale and most things...

Gardener Story: Grace Edwards

My great joy in my garden, this year, has been the involvement of my youngest kiddo. Gardening with my three-year-old daughter amidst the challenges of deer nibbling and imperfect planting conditions has provided a valuable and enriching experience for her development...

Gardener Story: Lucas Family

When we set out on this journey, our goal was to grow as much of our own food as we could and preserve it to use during the winter months. We’ve had successes and failures alike. We are still relatively new to Tennessee and it’s climate. We come from a hot dry...

Gardener Story: Underwood Family

Why did this happen? We were not able to grow anything in Florida, where we lived for 19 years. Nor would we have known what to grow or had much room to grow it. As soon as we moved here, we began thinking of what to do with our land instead of having a big yard to...

Field Notes from The Modern Farmstead

Greetings from our humble garden. It’s early July as I write this and the plants seems to double in size after every good rain. I’m eyeing the hundreds of swelling green tomatoes and I know that life is about to get really busy in the kitchen. We’ve been toiling away...