Better Farm's raised herb beds lining the back of the house. At far left is the newest bed, built last week by interns and an artist-in-residence.

Better Farm is growing!

Every room is occupied with interns and artists from all over the country and world, with more applications to our artist residency and sustainability internship programs coming in daily. In the last month we've hosted an open house and fundraiser, appeared on the local news, and worked with the Redwood community to get trees planted downtown, clean up the Redwood Historical Society, and create a group art project to be displayed in downtown Redwood.

To accommodate all these goings-on, some changes have been underway at Better Farm to better serve the people living here and those living locally.

The interns and artists-in-residence have worked to double the size of our garden in the last couple of weeks. Similarly, our raised herb beds needed an addition to house all the spices and greens we've been growing like crazy in the greenhouse.

So last week interns Natasha and Jaci, along with painter-in-residence Erica, set to work. They grabbed some old wood from one of the sheds across the street, a bunch of nails, and some hammers. Here they are, putting the raised bed together.