Growers Corner.

this page is for things with roots

shoulder height okra growing in front of ceiling height sorghum grass

Okra and Sorghum 2022

The Alabama Red Okra and Sorghum grass we grew at our old farm. The okra also grew 6 ft that year. I miss this project all the time. we really created some magic there.

shoulder height okra growing in front of ceiling height sorghum grass

SeedEd 2022

We grew some great zuchinni for two weeks before the squash beetles got em. I will always remember this as as lush and abundant as it was here, because it always was one one way or another. You can see the community area in the middle with our wildflower patch in the back.

pokeweed and patridge peas

Pokeweed, Patridge Pea, and Coneflowers

A mess of beautiful weeds. We were in good fortune with the birds that year.

Pink Lady Slipper Orchid

Pink Lady Slipper Orchard 2026

This is my first year meeting Pink Lady Slipper Orchirds (Cypripedium acaule). incredible ephemeral. Striking and delicate.

Serviceberries with a red cedar rust

Serviceberries and Sky 2026

These serviceberries had a little rust on them, but the non-rusted ones were still delicious, glad I got to eat some this season (Amelanchier spp.).

a singular spotted beebalm flower captured from the top

Spotted Bee Balm 2026

The Spotted Bee Balm saying hello (Monarda punctata)

A bunch of Purple Hull Peas

Purple Hull Peas 2024

My first season growing purple hull peas in Texas. I grew them in the high tunnel. These are the beans where wasp stung me in the face. This is also the year I went to the Texas Purple Hull Pea festival.

Purple Ultracross Collards

Purple Ultracross Collards, Hudson Valley NY Fall 2025

I always love seeing a purple collard. really incredible variety in this ultracross from the heirloom collard project.

Sunset over the Texas Prairie

Last Texas Sunset Summer 2025

Late summer sunset over the Blackland Prairie. One of my last ones before I left.

Tall yellow sunflowers in the background with pink zinnias growing at their base, and okra growing in the foreground

Lush Okra and Sunflowers Texas 2025

I love a photo like this

Purple hull peas trellised into a long tunnel shape

Purple Hull Peas 2025

My second season growing purple hull peas in Texas. I grew them in the high tunnel. I decided to make the peas the tunnel. It was so fun watching the beans climb these trellises

Snow on the Prairie flowers

Snow on the Prairie, Texas 2025

I had never met these plants before (Euphorbia bicolor). What a stunning show they put on. I am missing all the wildflowers this year.

A mix of texas spring wildflowers

Spring roadside Texas 2024

Gorgeous foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea.), Texas Bluebonnets! (Lupinus texensis) , Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa), Bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis), and wild garlic?? let me know if you recognize that white flower.

A bee visiting a yellow marigold

Fast Friends

they were meant to be.

Close up on Butterfly pea vines

Butterfly Peas 2023

Beautiful butterfly pea vines

Common Boneset with a moth

Common Boneset with a moth, VA 2023

These are hands down one of my favorite, summer and fall flowers. There scent is divine and the pollinators love them (Eupatorium perfoliatum) .

A swallowtail butterfly in flight amidst marigolds and tomatoes

Swallowtail Butterfly, Virginia

I am pretty sure this is some sort of swallowtail butterfly. We were doing a marigold and Cherokee Purple tomato intercropping. You can see some okra in the background.

A field of elderberries over a rolling hill at sunset

Elderberries, Missouri 2023

Always remember to plant enough for the deer too.

Cabbage-leaf coenflowers growing tall with Purple coneflowers

Cabbage-Leaf Coneflowers, Maryland 2023

(Rudbeckia maxima) These were humungous! I loved the purple coneflowers growing with them. I love the pale purple of the straight-native (Echinacea purpurea)

Fallen, vibrant pink azalea petals carpeting the ground beneath bright common violet leaves

Beauty of Spring, VA 2023

This was outside of my parents old house. I love the dainty violets (Viola sororia), the fallen azalea petals make this feel like it was out of some film.

let's go home.