sequatchie valley institute

[ April 17, 2010; 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. April 18, 2010; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Johnny Kimmons of Sequatchie Valley Institute will join john johnson and forestry management students from the University of Tennessee for this informative workshop explaining the methods and benefits of sustainable small-scale forest management. Local, sustainable, low-input, positive impact forest management for lumber, firewood, wildlife habitat and fungiculture will be discussed, with hands-on work for participants.

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well, thanks to many helping hands, march brought us the third floor’s roof! yippppeeeee! no more tarps!
an incredible feeling of accomplishment and calm has washed over the moonshadow community as we remember all of the aspects of our lives that are *not* related to this amazing building project… we have a lot of [...]

hello there friends of svi and moonshadow!
we are now up to the highest level we will attempt.  the third floor has been laid and it’s time for us to work towards the final gable roof!  WE ARE ALMOST COVERED!  there are only about 20 more posts and beams to raise and we would like to [...]

greetings, friends!
well, we got back into it mid-january with a super-great work-weekend full of positive energy and lots of progress. we got over half of the posts up on the second floor and had enough strong backs to lift all of the beams into place. that’s the kind of work we just can’t [...]