S10:E10. 3/11/2023

Helping the Honey Bees with D and Jim Brown of Honey Rock Herb Farm, Louisville, TN

Helping the Honeybee with D & Jim Brown, Honey Rock Herb Farm owners, Louisville, Tennessee. This is their 36th year of growing the good life at Honey Rock Herb Farm, and they have raised bees for over 40 years. They share with us how important bees and pollinators are to all of us, how to attract them, and steps we can take to protect them. Also, in Fred Sauceman’s Pot Luck Radio series, he features Hot Slaw from Polk County, TN.

Honey Rock Herb Farm http://www.honeyrockherbfarm.com/

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

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

D and Jim sit at their farm table in the Herb House at their Honey Rock Herb Farm, Louisville, TN. Photo: Amy Campbell 2014.

S10:E3. 01/21/2023.

Seed Swap, Seed Library, and Master Gardener Deena Trimble on winter sowing.⁣

In honor of the upcoming National Seed Swap Day, January 28, 2014, we are setting the table with swapping seeds. It is that time of the year when we plan our gardens, order our seeds, and, if we are lucky, attend a local seed swap to swap seeds and stories with our neighbors. Today, we visit with Sheila Pennycuff, a Librarian at the Blount County Public Library located in Maryville, TN, and the woman who took an old wooden card catalog and turned it into a seed library. This seed library is located inside the Blount County Public Library. It is an essential service to the community where patrons check out seeds and contribute seeds back to the seed library.⁣

We also hear details of the seed and plant swap on Saturday, January 21, 2013, from 10:00 A.M.-12:00 Noon at the Blount County Public Library.⁣

Deena Trimble speaks on Seed saving, seed sharing, and winter sowing using plastic jugs with lids. She recommends getting friendly with someone who uses a CPAP machine and has clean water jugs to give away.

Links: Seed and Plant Swap info: https://www.blounttn.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=18140&month=1&year=2023&day=21&calType=0

Seed Library information: https://www.blounttn.org/1464/Seed-Library