For the past 3 years I have been working in a Southern heirloom garden I planted in the front yard of the old house where former Ala. Governor Jim (Big Jim) Folsom was born in 1909, the youngest of 8 children. The house was moved to Elba in 2001 from out in the country and donated to the city so it could be preserved.
Today I attended a meeting of representatives from the Ala. Historical Commission and Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom, Jr's staff (this was his granddaddy's home) - to discuss how to best restore the old house and what it could be used for, etc. It is a "place in peril" and work must be done soon if it is saved. Eight people attended the meeting and then we went to lunch at a deli. We got a lot of good advice and everybody agreed that this project could be done.
For the past 3 years I have been working in a Southern heirloom garden I planted in the front yard of the old house where former Ala. Governor Jim (Big Jim) Folsom was born in 1909, the youngest of 8 children. The house was moved to Elba in 2001 from out in the country and donated to the city so it could be preserved. 
Today I attended a meeting of representatives from the Ala. Historical Commission and Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom, Jr's staff (this was his granddaddy's home) - to discuss how to best restore the old house and what it could be used for, etc. It is a "place in peril" and work must be done soon if it is saved. Eight people attended the meeting and then we went to lunch at a deli. We got a lot of good advice and everybody agreed that this project could be done.
