Morel Mushroom hunt, cook, and Asparagus with Chris Burger, Chef Robert Allen, and Kelly Smith Trimble

by Amy Campbell


S10:E16. 4/22/2023

Morel Mushroom hunt, cook, and Asparagus with Chris Burger, Chef Robert Allen, Kelly Smith Trimble.

Searching for that fifth taste of “Umami” with a morel mushroom hunt, cook, and asparagus. My guests are Chris Burger and Chef Robert Allen of Bluestem Hollow. Plus, Author and Gardener Kelly Smith Trimble. ⁣ ⁣ Kelly is also presenting an Author talk and book signing Saturday, April 22, from 2-4 at the Blount County Public Library in Downtown Maryville, Tennessee.

Plus news of the Tuckaleechee garden club plant sale, Special Growers plant sale April 22nd, 2023.

⁣Pictured Are: Chris Burger and Chef Robert Allen of BluestemHollow, Greenback, TN. Derek Trimble and Kelly Smith Trimble. Kelly wrote the book The Creative Vegetable Gardener, and Derek was the Photographer for this book. Illustration of asparagus from Kelly Smith Trimble’s first book Vegetable Gardening Wisdom: Harriet Popham Photos: Amy Campbell.⁣

Links: Blount County Public Library: https://www.blounttn.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=18183

Kelly Smith Trimble: https://www.kellysmithtrimble.com/

Bluestem Hollow: https://www.bluestemhollow.com/

Blount County Master Gardeners: https://bcmgtn.wildapricot.org/

Tuckaleechee Garden Club Plant Sale: https://www.facebook.com/TuckaleecheeGardenClub/

Special Growers plant sale, April 22nd, at the Maryville Farmers’ Market: https://www.instagram.com/specialgrowers/?hl=en

Derek Trimble and Kelly Smith Trimble. Kelly wrote the book The Creative Vegetable Gardener https://www.kellysmithtrimble.com/ , and Derek was the Photographer for this book https://www.derektrimble.com/ .

Illustration of asparagus from Kelly Smith Trimble’s first book Vegetable Gardening Wisdom: Harriet Popham. https://www.kellysmithtrimble.com/books

Chris Burger hunter of morel mushrooms of BluestemHollow, Greenback, TN. Photo: Amy Campbell 2021. https://www.bluestemhollow.com/

Chef Robert Allen of BluestemHollow, Greenback, TN. https://www.bluestemhollow.com/ Photo: Amy Campbell 2021.

Morel Mushrooms foraged from Bluestem Hollow. https://www.bluestemhollow.com/ Photo: Amy Campbell 2021.


Small batch Tennessee maple syrup and asparagus

by Amy Campbell


S9:E13. 04/09/2022

Small batch Tennessee maple syrup and asparagus

We welcome spring in Tennessee with Clint Smith’s Small batch Tennessee maple syrup doings. And Author, Podcaster, gardener, and YouTube channel favorite “Digging It,” Kelly Smith Trimble on the topic of Asparagus.

Clint Smith: Clint is available by email, just email me first and I will text him.

The kind, smart, and amazing Kelly Smith Trimble. https://www.kellysmithtrimble.com/

Clint Smith with a bottle of his maple syrup. Made in Tennessee.

A kitchen table made by Clint Smith.

Fire racks made by Clint Smith for J.C. Holdway restaurant, Knoxville.

Clint Smith’s syrup boiling down.

This is Rufus, Kelly’s dog.