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Ugly Farm

Tell us a little about yourself.

I am IDK if I am a rockstar but I am trying

NE CT, the poor part of CT, we\\u2019re not in Hartford

There\\u2019s a lot of farms in general in this part of CT

• it\\u2019s not where I started farming
• my husband and I bought a little piece of property
• it\\u2019s sort of an Urban farm
• we have neighbors we can see

1.2 acres

Oh, it\\u2019s um.

My husband and I were Goth kids in school

I\\u2019m really into growing black vegetables

love the black carrots

always buy those seeds

with the black tomatoes

If you forget to trim your tomato bush for a couple of weeks the busy parts are hiding inside are going to have big green splotches on them

either assume

the tomatoes are only going to be black

turn your tomatoes toward the sun

by the time that happens

bugs

slice them

they are black

from the top

taste great

make salsa out of

not as impressive if the whole

Baker Creek Black Beauty Tomatoes

almost every tomato I have ever had

still tastes in one shape or form

sweeter or nicer

tomato tastes like at tomato

black like your soul

black jalapenos

I thought they would be super spicy

picking them and eating them off the bush

the black nebula carrots

black all The way

blanch them for a two minutes

purple dye

You are just dropping golden seeds

Tell me about your first gardening experience?

my grandmother on my mother\\u2019s side

kind of a homestead

under an acre

being a little kid

blueberries

fruit trees

they were getting older

1910

1915-16

something like...'