Archive for October, 2009

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

On Saturday, over 150 AmeriCorps members from across the state of Tennessee came to the farm for a day of service. We began our day bright and early at 8am and worked until lunch time. As you can imagine with that many hands helping, we accomplished many projects. We planted new trees, bulbs and wildflowers, [...]

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Within the beautiful valleys and views of New Market, TN, nestled in the countryside, there is a jewel that most people are unaware of: The Highlander Research and Education Center. Highlander promotes popular education and participatory research as well as hosts several workshops for community groups and individuals. Though it was established in 1932, the [...]

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Check out this article written by a former farm team member, Frank Callo.
Reprinted by permission from The Agrarian Urbanite (October 2009)
The Argarian Urbanite- October Issue
“Economic Swales”  by Frank Callo
When thinking about the interconnectedness of the world and comparing seemingly unrelated systems, deep patterns come into view. Such a pattern emerges if we evaluate the way [...]

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

A few tips for cool season crops:

Plant carrots and radishes on top of one another. The radishes will grow first and open the soil, so that when you pull the radish it leaves an open space for the carrot to grow.
Don’t let your radishes and beets get too large. Pick them when they [...]

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Howdy, Folks. We’ve recently been working with a really cool sustainable building material: cob. It’s a mixture of straw, red clay, sand and water. And it’s really simple and fun to use. Currently we are using cob to cover the inside of our straw bale entrance and we’ve also made a bench [...]