Archive for March, 2009
Clay’s Garden
Thursday, March 26th, 2009
As everyone knows, it is spring, and our community gardeners are beginning to get their seeds in the ground. We have 29 plots available and this year one of these plots is special, being planted as a memorial to Clay, one of the News Sentinel’s photographers who passed away on Feb. 3 of this year. [...]
Best Buddies come to Beardsley!
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
It is spring and the farm is starting to bustle! Our bees are happy, we have three new chickens and two ducks, and we are beginning to start tomato and pepper plants in the greenhouse. But some of the most fun we have had has been with the Best Buddies group from Vanderbilt University in [...]
Produce to Start Planting
Friday, March 13th, 2009
Here is a list of all the produce you can begin to plant this month, along with some planting information that I gathered from Rodale’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening put out by DK publishing. My mouth is watering already. Peas: Well suited for cool weather. Peas are great for the garden becuase they fix [...]
Contemplating Economy Ecologically
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Here’s a blog post from one of our Beardsley “Alumni”, Frank Callo. I am attaching the first part of Frank’s discussion here. For the rest of the bit, check out Frank’s blog here. Frank’s an upstanding member of the Knoxville Permaculture Guild. I told Frank he needed to read Small is Beautiful: Economics as if [...]
