Meh!
Two of the prop shop lights crapped out. Waiting for a delivery. Worst timing, c'mon now.

A flat of 6-pack cells of soil with tiny chamomile seedlings sprouting.

Wee chamomile bbs.

2 weeks out and we're looking good... Food comes from plants!

A plastic bag containing a plaid tablecloth.

As a small business owner random shipping decisions crack me up. Somebody on eBay shipped me this tablecloth in a plastic bag with nothing but a shipping label on it. 😂 🤣

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Overalls and farm boots

Damn it feels good to be back in my duds. That executive director clothing is such a pain.

Handout about supporting people who have grief.

Thinking about climate grief. I remember during the heat dome when my plants ceased to be plants.

Their cellular structure collapsed. It's the most I have ever felt despair and panic as a farmer.

Farmers are not okay. The land is not okay. The plant and animal relatives are not okay.

Shelving with rows of multicolored trays with soil.

What a very long day. 13 trays and 20 varieties later... 🌶️🫑✨

Rows of weak chamomile tea and pepper seeds in them.

First, everyone gets a bath in weak chamomile tea. This helps cut down on any potential fungus or bacteria while also helping to soften the seed coat. So, improved germination. 🎉 🌱

I use a lot of stainless steel sauce cups on the farm. They are cheap and easy to sanitize.

Image of a chili emoji combined with a sparkling heart emoji.

It's pepper seeding day!

Ughhhhhh. The worst! 🫂🖤

Yeah. One of my USDA funded projects got shelved today. So, that's the that on that.

I'll never cease to be grateful for the ability to toss together a tea blend.

Chamomile, hyssop, rose and linden oat milk latte. It's been a day or 700. 😩😮‍💨😰☕ 🌿

Time is so much taffy. Inexorably slow and then the more you pull it suddenly snaps. I have spent two days in rooms with agricultural service providers. When did it become the case that everyone in ag knows who I am? Where did the last 6 years go?

Screenshot of a bluesky post that reads "He survived being accidentally run over and 2 ear hematoma. Alas, at nearly 16 years old, our baby boy Karma was taken from us by lung cancer." with a photo of an adorable ginger cat on a couch.

Stealing cat photos is gross, but stealing memorial posts from grieving cat owners for likes and shares is truly repulsive. This account has been reported thousands of times and I'm so disappointed in bluesky that it is allowed to continue. 🧵

Comic strip of a gardener with tomatoes speaking to a ladybug. The ladybug is violently eating aphids.

A dish of roasted peppers packed in oil held over a pan of cooking ground meat.

Cooking with things I grew, preserved, and bartered always feels and tastes best to me!

If you see this post something green.

Small tan and white dog in a red and black jacket standing on green grass and looking at the camera. The dog has a plastic safety cone on, indicating medical recovery.

We're on the mend. Another 3-4 weeks of recovery, it's coming along though! #mrdogishelping #DogsofBlueSky

Ooh. Just updated my settings to prompt me to add alt tags before I can post. Nice!

Probs depends on growing conditions and zone... May be some estimate info here www.pvamu.edu/cafnr/wp-con...

Red is the Oaxacan cultivar. I would definitely talk with your Chef about what they are looking for. The two are a little different, red has larger leaves and a slightly different flavor profile. LMK if you need seed recs.

Start indoors with your peppers and tomatoes and Transplant out about the same time.

Yep! Sometimes called "Mexican tea" it's also a carminative (relieves gas/farting) which is why it's frequently a pot herb for making beans. Like most plants from that region it wants full sun and dry feet. Be generous with the water early on and taper off as your season goes.

Colorful chart showing the interconnected farm and farmers market projects of a person named shiny.

I always find this thing embarrassing. It explains my interconnected work decently well. This leaves off in 2023. In 2024 I declined to partner with this org again because of their insufficient stance on the occupation of Palestine. So, we won't be getting a cool update for 2024+. #Blackfarmer

Large empty backyard that looks recently mowed with long grass clippings strewn about. One raised metal bed has been built at the far end of the garden near a fence.

Large backyard with rows of metal standing height beds.

Small greenhouse filled with vegetable and herb plants.

2024. After 2 (more) seasons of racial aggression I move the farm. Again. Focus on selling nursery stock of peppers this year. Get a grant to convert to standing height beds, takes the whole season to build them. Plants in ground next year?! 7/7 #urbanfarmer #Blackfarmer #urbanfarming #BIPOCfarmer

Three rows of soil, two are covered with landscape cloth with holes burned to show where plants should be put into the ground. Pipes to hang plastic sheeting for a grow tunnel are on the sides.

2023. Down to one site again - clear across town. Moving the 16x24 tunnel from last year's 2nd grow site. It's absurdly hard to get into the ground. I lose some volunteers to team conflict this day and foolishly hope to never move the tunnel again. Hopeful for abundant peppers again. 6/x

Garden site with 3 small rows of soil with sparse green plants. The rows are surrounded by wood chips.

Farm field surrounded by deer fencing made of metal t-posts and plastic mesh.

2022. Copacetic is out the window; we don't find out until plants are in the ground. I pay $1k to get out of the lease. Moving the farm in June is terrible. 2 new sites is brutal. Hemmed in by folks who don't want a radical Black farm neighbor. I build the fastest deer fence ever seen. Urban!! 5/x