Legendary University of Tennessee Football Coach Phillip Fulmer on the importance of honey bees.

S10:E31. 8/5/2023

Legendary University of Tennessee Football Coach Phillip Fulmer raises bees and is my guest on this episode. Coach Fulmer is passionate about raising awareness for honey bees and was generous with his time to record this story in order to advocate for the importance of these bees. He does NOT sell his honey. This is a fun hobby for him. The main message of this show is awareness of pollinators to our survival.

Links: Coach Phillip Fulmer: https://www.phillipfulmer.com/

Blount County Beekeepers Association: https://blountbees.wordpress.com/

Emi sunshine (sing our theme song when she was 9 years old!): https://theemisunshine.com/

Resources of honey, beekeeping, and how to become a beekeeper: https://www.tennesseefarmtable.com/bee-keeping-local-honey

Coach Phillip Fulmer with a jar of his honey. Photo: Amy Campbell 2023.

The Creative Vegetable Gardener by Tennessee Author, Kelly Smith Trimble

S10:E7. 2/18/2023

The Creative Vegetable Gardener by Tennessee Author, Kelly Smith Trimble

Tennessee Author Kelly Smith Trimble's brand new book, The Creative Vegetable Gardener, 60 ways to Cultivate Joy, Playfulness, and Beauty, along with a bounty of food. Kelly is my guest on my latest radio show and podcast. And Kelly does not pay me to promote this book. Kelly also shares a recipe for carrot top pesto.

This book offers a different take on backyard gardening, encouraging us to rethink the rules of vegetable gardening. Breaking out of perfectly straight rows or boxy raised beds, Kelly suggests planting in circles, spirals, or labyrinths and encourages us to grow herbs with our flowers and vegetables - mixing perennials with annuals and creating a meditative sanctuary and pollinator paradise. ⁣ ⁣ Kelly Smith Trimble is the author of Vegetable Gardening Wisdom. A lifestyle editor for over 20 years, she has worked with HGTV, Southern Living, Lowe's, Bonnie Plants, and the National Park Foundation. A Master Gardener with degrees in English and environmental studies, she grows vegetables, herbs, and flowers in her backyard in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Kelly also has a book launch on February 28th on the release date of this new book at Union Avenue Books in downtown Knoxville at 5:30 P.M. I'll be there interviewing Kelly live about her book that evening. This ticketed event is free with registration from the Union Avenue Bookstore website.⁣

Blue Stem Hollow is now in full swing of their CSA signup for full or 1/2 shares, delivered weekly or bi-weekly. Blue Stem Hollow offers catering, pasture-raised beef, eggs, charcuterie, and sustainably raised fruits and vegetables. These fruits and vegetables are sustainably grown right on the farm. Each week's CSA Box includes an email of what's in the box and a video from Chef Robert Allen (formerly of Citico's) with seasonal cooking tips for what's in the box. They also offer weekly add-ons such as honey, desserts, eggs, charcuterie, and pasture-raised beef. Weekly delivery locations include Greenback, Maryville, and Knoxville. To sign up directly from the website and for more information, Bluestemhollow.com or by email Brenna@Bluestemhollow.com

Links:

To sign up for Blue Stem Hollow CSA: Blue Stem Hollow: https://www.bluestemhollow.com/csa

Author, Kelly Smith Trimble website: https://www.kellysmithtrimble.com/

Union Avenue Books: https://www.unionavebooks.com/event/0228-launch-party-kelly-smith-trimble Register to attend book launch event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-launch-party-for-kelly-smith-trimble-tickets-475641054197

Emi Sunshine (sings our theme song): https://theemisunshine.com/

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

Kelly Smith Trimble’s latest title. Photography: Dereck Trimble.  https://www.kellysmithtrimble.com/

Kelly Smith Trimble Vegetable Gardening Wisdom and thoughts on Collard Greens

S9:E35. 10/08/2022

Kelly Smith Trimble Vegetable Gardening Wisdom and thoughts on Collard Greens

My guest today is Kelly Smith Trimble, an editor, writer, and gardener living in Knoxville, TN. Her book Vegetable Gardening Wisdom, a collection of seasonal advice and inspiration for edible gardeners, was released in April 2019 by Storey Publishing. Kelly is the senior digital editorial director for HGTV. She answers vegetable gardening questions in a social video series called Dig It, with more than a million views collectively. She has also been a writer and editor for Southern Living, the National Park Foundation, and Bonnie Plants. Her vegetable garden was featured in the June 2020 issue of Southern Living magazine. She was born in Knoxville and has spent her life in various parts of southern Appalachia. Today we hear about Kelly’s book, her gardening perspectives, and her thoughts on growing collard greens.

In Fred Sauceman’s “Potluck Radio” series, he features “Soutissa sausage” with a recording he made in 2018 with the Waldensian community of Valdese, North Carolina.

Dee Dee Constantine shares a recipe for sautéed trout with spinach and roasted red bell peppers from the Tupelo Honey Cookbook.

Kelly Smith Trimble: https://kellysmithtrimble.com/ Kelly mentioned in our discussion the Heirllom Collard project, ere is their link: https://heirloomcollards.org/

Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman

Mary “Dee Dee” Constantine: https://twitter.com/skilletsister?lang=en

Kelly Smith Trimble.

Kelly’s garden buddy and good dog, Rufus.

Farm to Feast and She Diggs Farm in Harden Valley of Knoxville, Tennessee

S9:E26. 07/23,07/2022 Today we are sitting around the table and visiting with a family and farm and how this family uses their skills to farm, cook, and host elevated meals for private events and, on occasion, community dinners. We visit with Farm to Feast founders Chef Jeff Jorgensen, event planner Jessica Jorgensen, and Jeff’s sister Heather Fulghum, ecology teacher, farmer, and founder of She Diggs Farm, located in the Hardin Valley area of Knoxville, TN. Heather grows the food, Jeff uses it to provide farm-inspired dinners using seasonal ingredients, and Jessica uses her hospitality and event planning background to create elegant feasts on the family farm. Links: Farm to Feast: https://www.farmtofeastknox.com/ She Diggs Farm: https://www.instagram.com/shediggsfarm/?hl=en Emi Sunshine (sings our theme song): https://theemisunshine.com/

Little Mountain Flower Farm, Maryville, Tennessee

S9:E18. 05/14/2022

Little Mountain Flower Farm, Maryville, Tennessee.

In this episode, we are setting the table with pretty flowers. Or, as many of us here in Tennessee pronounce it, purty flares. No, it’s not about the eating. It’s about the joy and beauty flowers add to this life. That little touch of grace to the table, the home, or that person in need or celebrating a special event. 

Amy’s guest is Susie Kawar, owner and operator of Little Mountain Flower Farm, located in Maryville, TN. A design-centered floral farm and studio. Susie grows her flowers and puts together farm-fresh floral arrangements by hand in her floral studio right on her family’s farm. 

She, her husband, and her children grow these flowers with sustainable, regenerative growing practices. In addition, they have a sweet yellow dog named Paris that found them when they lived in Paris, Tennessee. This is an inspirational story of a person who has teamed her creative skills with a firm knowledge base in agriculture and has made a living for herself and her family doing something that she loves to do that brings joy to others. She will also share one of her go-to recipes for a refreshing tabouli salad.

Also, in Fred Sauceman’s Pot Luck Radio series, he features one of Tennessee’s oldest restaurants, Nicks of Kingsport, Tennessee. 

Links:
Little Mountain Flower Farm: https://www.littlemountainflowerfarm.com/
Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman
Nick’s, Kingsport, TN: https://nicksrestaurantandcatering.com/

Susie Kawar, Owner of Little Mountian Flower Farm, Maryville TN https://www.littlemountainflowerfarm.com/ . Photo: Amy Campbell. 2022.

This is Susie and her family’s dog, Paris. Paris found them when they lived in Paris, Tennessee. She was in horrible condition when they first found her, and Susie and Michael gave her the medical attention she needed and a good home.

Susie in her hoop house with some of her flowers.

Susie holding one of the little yellow flowers she grew.

Broasted chicken from Nick’s of Kingsport, Tennessee. Photo: Fred Sauceman. https://nicksrestaurantandcatering.com/

Small batch Tennessee maple syrup and asparagus

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/

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.