👩🏾🌾✨ WE DID IT ✨ After a full two years of searching, researching, hoping,resting, working, sweating, and intention setting: the community urban farm is here! Here’s the lowdown: 🌱it’s located in my neighborhood, the historically black part of LA: Leimert Park. Also, Chumash Tongva Territory. 🌱right now it’s a blank canvas! Raw land that is being happily cleared by my goat friends from @venturabrushgoats 🌱I’m clearing around 1200 sq feet right now, and working with LA Land Trust The Community Garden Council to secure the adjacent lots for farming! 🌱The land cost 130k, and through your donations totaling to over 40k, creating sponsored content in alignment with my voice intention as an artist and grower I was able purchase this plot (shoutout to eating rice and beans though) 🌱I can’t wait to begin bringing volunteers onto the land, but for now I’m letting the goats do their thing. And letting the soil rest. Thank you endlessly for all your support throughout the process. Specifically my @imgmodels fam, my @origins team, my @natgeotv fam,my real estate agent @garrettwarrenofficial , all of you who gave 5 & 10 dollar donations because you want to see the dream through, all of you who were able to redistribute your abundance, and of course to my black and brown community who dreamed this into existence. I can’t wait to share more about the process & the future of this urban farm space, so for now, Ask any questions below! 💕💕 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #blackgirlmagic #amplifymelanatedvoices #amplifyblackvoices #blackfarmers #urbanfarming #permaculture #growyourownfood #growfoodnotlawns #herbalism #incredibleediblefarm #gardeninspiration
🐐why I used goats to clear my farm instead of a lawnmower 👇🏾 🐐The land was initially covered in raspberry bushes, brush, cacti, and mustard grass that’s gone to seed. As much fun as it can be to let grasses go wild, clearing is necessary for crop production and fire prevention in LA. 🐐I decided to utilize goats from @venturabrushgoats because, unlike using a lawnmower or weed wacker, goats don’t spread seeds around. They digest the plant material and it’s seeds, and poop out fertilizer pellets! 🐐99% of the seeds are destroyed when the goats eat them 🐐I’m committed to regenerative agriculture, and goats regenerate land by adding carbon back into the soil 🐐goats are cuddly 🐐goats don’t require gas! They’re fueled by the brush that they’re clearing. Yay for less dependence on fossil fuels 🐐 I was able to actually rent these goats, it was more economical for me than buying machinery, and it allowed me to support another business that’s passionate about land stewardship I hope this inspires you to go out and hug a goat today 🙂 . . . . . . . . . . . . #reelitfeelit #reelsviral #farmlife #regenerativeagriculture #farmtotable #goatfarm #goatlover #organicfarming #farmher #growyourownherbs #permaculture #permakultur #incredibleediblefarm #goatsofinstagram #organicfarmer #blackfarmers #farmcore #gardendesign #gardeninspiration #gardengoals
〰️Fungi Friday ft. Pleurotus djamor Pleurotus ostreatus Pleurotus eryngii A v special goat crown The amazing reishi art work of @samkshoemaker My office shelves turned mushroom fruiting area And the dogs reunited after a v long time apart (napping in two different rooms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . #fungifanatic #mushroomhunting #pleurotusostreatus #pleurotuseryngii #mushroomlover #fungilover #foraging #mushroomcore #fungiofinstagram #fantasticfungi #mushroompicking
〰️Fungi Friday ft. Pleurotus djamor Pleurotus ostreatus Pleurotus eryngii A v special goat crown The amazing reishi art work of @samkshoemaker My office shelves turned mushroom fruiting area And the dogs reunited after a v long time apart (napping in two different rooms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . #fungifanatic #mushroomhunting #pleurotusostreatus #pleurotuseryngii #mushroomlover #fungilover #foraging #mushroomcore #fungiofinstagram #fantasticfungi #mushroompicking
〰️Fungi Friday ft. Pleurotus djamor Pleurotus ostreatus Pleurotus eryngii A v special goat crown The amazing reishi art work of @samkshoemaker My office shelves turned mushroom fruiting area And the dogs reunited after a v long time apart (napping in two different rooms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . #fungifanatic #mushroomhunting #pleurotusostreatus #pleurotuseryngii #mushroomlover #fungilover #foraging #mushroomcore #fungiofinstagram #fantasticfungi #mushroompicking
〰️Fungi Friday ft. Pleurotus djamor Pleurotus ostreatus Pleurotus eryngii A v special goat crown The amazing reishi art work of @samkshoemaker My office shelves turned mushroom fruiting area And the dogs reunited after a v long time apart (napping in two different rooms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . #fungifanatic #mushroomhunting #pleurotusostreatus #pleurotuseryngii #mushroomlover #fungilover #foraging #mushroomcore #fungiofinstagram #fantasticfungi #mushroompicking
〰️Fungi Friday ft. Pleurotus djamor Pleurotus ostreatus Pleurotus eryngii A v special goat crown The amazing reishi art work of @samkshoemaker My office shelves turned mushroom fruiting area And the dogs reunited after a v long time apart (napping in two different rooms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . #fungifanatic #mushroomhunting #pleurotusostreatus #pleurotuseryngii #mushroomlover #fungilover #foraging #mushroomcore #fungiofinstagram #fantasticfungi #mushroompicking
〰️Fungi Friday ft. Pleurotus djamor Pleurotus ostreatus Pleurotus eryngii A v special goat crown The amazing reishi art work of @samkshoemaker My office shelves turned mushroom fruiting area And the dogs reunited after a v long time apart (napping in two different rooms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . #fungifanatic #mushroomhunting #pleurotusostreatus #pleurotuseryngii #mushroomlover #fungilover #foraging #mushroomcore #fungiofinstagram #fantasticfungi #mushroompicking
〰️Fungi Friday ft. Pleurotus djamor Pleurotus ostreatus Pleurotus eryngii A v special goat crown The amazing reishi art work of @samkshoemaker My office shelves turned mushroom fruiting area And the dogs reunited after a v long time apart (napping in two different rooms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . #fungifanatic #mushroomhunting #pleurotusostreatus #pleurotuseryngii #mushroomlover #fungilover #foraging #mushroomcore #fungiofinstagram #fantasticfungi #mushroompicking
〰️Fungi Friday ft. Pleurotus djamor Pleurotus ostreatus Pleurotus eryngii A v special goat crown The amazing reishi art work of @samkshoemaker My office shelves turned mushroom fruiting area And the dogs reunited after a v long time apart (napping in two different rooms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . #fungifanatic #mushroomhunting #pleurotusostreatus #pleurotuseryngii #mushroomlover #fungilover #foraging #mushroomcore #fungiofinstagram #fantasticfungi #mushroompicking
〰️Fungi Friday ft. Pleurotus djamor Pleurotus ostreatus Pleurotus eryngii A v special goat crown The amazing reishi art work of @samkshoemaker My office shelves turned mushroom fruiting area And the dogs reunited after a v long time apart (napping in two different rooms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . #fungifanatic #mushroomhunting #pleurotusostreatus #pleurotuseryngii #mushroomlover #fungilover #foraging #mushroomcore #fungiofinstagram #fantasticfungi #mushroompicking
🍎When I was seven I was infatuated with the following joke: What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple? … Finding half a worm in your apple! … We weren’t finding worms in our apples, a canary long flew from that crimson coal mine. It was incisors gnawing at carnuba wax and seeds surely spit out, pinging against hot asphalt for fear of arsenic, and apples with a hole, even a hint of an inhabitant, were thrown in the bin by a gloved and gray haired lady. So why did I love the joke? Maybe it hints at a life hidden deep within the flesh, beneath the fruit, where nectar is supposed to live, that congealed substance, that amber resin. Instead there is something waiting to be born, there’s flowers growing from your neck, there’s a vining heliotrope climbing deep beneath your skin, in the places where time is meant to be sticky and sweet, there’s actually something more. A bitterness, a slimy truth. Something alive// We are still in here. Behind the scarlet skin. Growing, thriving, waiting for you to wake up and take the bite. 🪱 . . . . . . . . . . . . . #portrait_vision #artcollective #photographyeveryday #portrait_mood #moodedits #moodyportrait #bohostyle #bohemianmodern #cottagecore #cottagecoreaesthetic #aesthetictumblr
✌🏾👁👁✌🏾 obsessed with caviar limes these days! Have you tried them yet?! 🍐🍊🍋✨ . . . . . . . . . #reelsinstagram #fruitarian #caviarlime #fingerlime #plantbased #fruitplatter #foraging #foragedfood #wildcrafted #watchthis #funnyreels #fyp
🍋foraged herbal soda season! Making lemon lemon leaf herbal soda from foraged fruit is so simple it would be a crime if you didn’t try it. Just make a tea of lemons lemon leaves. Allow the tea to cool, then strain the liquid into a jar. add local honey and a probiotic capsule, seal the jar and forget about it for a week. Then it’s ready to drink! 🍹 Happy fermenting! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #herbalism #plantbased #fermentation #herbalsoda #wildfoodlove #wildfood #foraged #foragedfood
🍋foraged herbal soda season! Making lemon lemon leaf herbal soda from foraged fruit is so simple it would be a crime if you didn’t try it. Just make a tea of lemons lemon leaves. Allow the tea to cool, then strain the liquid into a jar. add local honey and a probiotic capsule, seal the jar and forget about it for a week. Then it’s ready to drink! 🍹 Happy fermenting! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #herbalism #plantbased #fermentation #herbalsoda #wildfoodlove #wildfood #foraged #foragedfood
🍋foraged herbal soda season! Making lemon lemon leaf herbal soda from foraged fruit is so simple it would be a crime if you didn’t try it. Just make a tea of lemons lemon leaves. Allow the tea to cool, then strain the liquid into a jar. add local honey and a probiotic capsule, seal the jar and forget about it for a week. Then it’s ready to drink! 🍹 Happy fermenting! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #herbalism #plantbased #fermentation #herbalsoda #wildfoodlove #wildfood #foraged #foragedfood
🍋foraged herbal soda season! Making lemon lemon leaf herbal soda from foraged fruit is so simple it would be a crime if you didn’t try it. Just make a tea of lemons lemon leaves. Allow the tea to cool, then strain the liquid into a jar. add local honey and a probiotic capsule, seal the jar and forget about it for a week. Then it’s ready to drink! 🍹 Happy fermenting! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #herbalism #plantbased #fermentation #herbalsoda #wildfoodlove #wildfood #foraged #foragedfood
When I text you 🌳📞 it means the forest is calling and I must go 🏃🏾♀️ Vegan “Lobster” Pasta ft the biggest juiciest lobster mushrooms ( hypomyces lactifluorum) that I’ve ever found! If you’ve never tried lobster mushrooms before then what are you doing?! Run into the woods and eat some now! Jk. Grab a field guide and start to identify their habitat and characteristics them then run in the woods! 🤓 (ask me any questions you want about them below!) They taste just like lobsters and look like lobster and smell like 🦞! Truly mind blowing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . #mushroomlovers #foraging #foragedfood #reelitfeelit #fyp #viralreels #fungilover #wildfoodlove #foragedfood #mushroomcore #funghi #lobstermushroom #hypomyceslactifluorum
🌚 🌝 it’s a blue yellow masa, finger limes, homegrown corn, large avo, heirloom tomato kind of Monday. What are you guys having for dinner? . . . . . . . . . . . #foodstagram #plantbaseddiet #heirloomtomatoes #masa #filmcommunity #gardeninspiration
🌚 🌝 it’s a blue yellow masa, finger limes, homegrown corn, large avo, heirloom tomato kind of Monday. What are you guys having for dinner? . . . . . . . . . . . #foodstagram #plantbaseddiet #heirloomtomatoes #masa #filmcommunity #gardeninspiration
🌚 🌝 it’s a blue yellow masa, finger limes, homegrown corn, large avo, heirloom tomato kind of Monday. What are you guys having for dinner? . . . . . . . . . . . #foodstagram #plantbaseddiet #heirloomtomatoes #masa #filmcommunity #gardeninspiration
🌚 🌝 it’s a blue yellow masa, finger limes, homegrown corn, large avo, heirloom tomato kind of Monday. What are you guys having for dinner? . . . . . . . . . . . #foodstagram #plantbaseddiet #heirloomtomatoes #masa #filmcommunity #gardeninspiration
Sunflower Tea 🍵 🌻 This is the loveliest coffee alternative, simply: •grind sunflower seeds in a coffee grinder •steep in hot water •strain •add honey milk •garnish with petals Yum! {all parts of sunflower are edible! From stalk, to petal! } Have you ever tried the less common parts of 🌻? . . . . . . . . . . . . #bleachmyfilm #filmwave #dirtybootsandmessyhair #bohovibes #flowergram #aesthetictumblr #vscofilter #wildfoodlove #foragedfood #gardenlife
Sunflower Tea 🍵 🌻 This is the loveliest coffee alternative, simply: •grind sunflower seeds in a coffee grinder •steep in hot water •strain •add honey milk •garnish with petals Yum! {all parts of sunflower are edible! From stalk, to petal! } Have you ever tried the less common parts of 🌻? . . . . . . . . . . . . #bleachmyfilm #filmwave #dirtybootsandmessyhair #bohovibes #flowergram #aesthetictumblr #vscofilter #wildfoodlove #foragedfood #gardenlife
