Healing Hope Urban Gardens

16/12/2024

I grew turmeric this year on my plot ! Got the rhizomes from

Excited to keep growing and learning about this amazing plant🌱

08/12/2024

Hey Y'all! Tomorrow is our last market of the season. Come out and see me and the other amazing vendors.

I will also have something new on the table from this year's harvests 😁🙌🏾💚

Bring the kids to see Santa 🎅🏿

06/11/2024

26/09/2024

This is my hot pepper appreciation post! If you know me, you know hot peppers were my spicy first love ❤️. I have grown spicy peppers from all over the world in the past 15 years.

This year I grew jalapeno, habanero, and serrano, with one orange scotch bonnet thrown in for fun 😁🌶️. The plan is to grow my jalapeno and habanero every year and add in a different pepper each year.

All of the peppers were grown on my plot using organic methods.

20/09/2024

Double market weekend! Come see me 😁

20/09/2024

Lots of rain this week but that didn't stop the show! Always work to be done: I planted chives, onions, collards, bok choy on Monday and yesterday we cleared some more rows and planted the rest of chinese cabbage.

Thank you to Rachael for coming out to help me yesterday💪🏾😁. I met Rachael a few weeks ago when she purchased okra from me.

I'm always looking for and open to anyone coming to volunteer at the farm. All you have to do is message me 📢.

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05/09/2024

I went home to Georgia for a week and came back to tons of peppers to harvest, the succession planting of yellow squash, cukes, and zukes are doing well.

Also decided to cut a bouquet of zinnias for myself 😁. Thanks for the bleach in the water tip!

Saw some parasitic wasp eggs on a hornworm that was on one of my serrano pepper plants.💪🏾. This is exactly what I want to see on the farm.

25/08/2024

We are outside today!!
11-2pm
Shalom Farms
Come get your haul for the week
Chat with awesome people
Start your week off right! 💪🏾🥬😊

11/08/2024

Random pics from the past week!

28/06/2024

Come down to the 'Burg tomorrow and experience the dopest plant based cookout in RVA!!! 👊🏾🙌🏾

I'll be there along with many other small business owners who want to show you love, health and wellness.

21/06/2024

Come see me on Sunday! I will have tons of goodies! 😁

This Sunday at RVA’s Black Farmers Market is our first installment of The Black Farmers Experience with our partners , where Chef Jason of will host live cooking demonstrations featuring fresh produce and goods from our vendors! 🧑🏾‍🍳🥬🥕🍆🥒

Join us at 1311 Westwood Ave from 11am-3pm on Sunday, June 23rd. And don’t forget to clean out the fridge. You’ll need the extra space! 👩🏾‍🌾😉

20/06/2024

I attended the most amazing and delicious meal last night with great company. Ms. Leni shared memories of her life, family and food with the group. and the entire crew took those stories and made the most flavorful and soulful food and drink I have ever eaten. Who knew I would crave more split pea soup 🤷🏾‍♀️.

Thank you Leah for trusting myself, Farmer Obar and to provide some of the produce for this meal. I truly appreciate your continued support of our small black owned farms. 👊🏾💚

11/06/2024

Some great programs are happening in Petersburg. I'm proud to be able to contribute produce! Let's eat good but also eat for our health 💪🏾

📣Today is week 5 of our 24 week program with the Petersburg Public Library, the Healthy Living and Learning Center and the Morris Cardiovascular & Risk Reduction Center to provide 25 Petersburg residents (patients of Dr. Morris) with a bag of fresh, local produce every week at the Market at PPL! 🥒🥕🍅

🌱Produce this week include farmers from River Street Market: Microgreens from Healing Hope Urban Gardens , Red Leaf Lettuce from All Good Things Farm, Broccoli, Yellow Squash, Zucchini and Yellow Onion from Hill Crest Farm and Fresh Herbs from Fox’s Garden. Other local produce includes Raspberries from Agriberry Farm and CSA. Eat the rainbow! 🌈

Join us today from 2-4pm for a free Food Demo with the Virginia Family Nutrition Program! We'll be making quick and yummy omelets 🍳

❓️Did you know? You don't have to be a patient of Dr. Morris to get fresh, local veggies! The Market at PPL is open Monday-Thursday 12-6pm inside the Petersburg Public Library! We accept cash, credit, debit and SNAP. With SNAP all fruits and vegetables are half off with Virginia Fresh Match! 🍎

🧑‍🌾 Want to buy directly from the farmers? Visit the River Street Farmers Market every Saturday year round 9am-12pm next to Croaker’s Spot in Old Towne Petersburg VA! 🚜

11/06/2024

I'm going to keep bombing y'all with my strawberries because I am so proud! 🙌🏾🤗🍓 Oh and raspberries are starting to ripen.

Enjoy!


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02/06/2024

Finally got the chance to play with my newish toy on Sunday! 😁 I got this herbal distillation kit on sale last year with the hopes of crafting my own essential oils and hydrosol mixtures from herbs grown on the farm.

First herb up is lemon balm. It grows abundantly at our secondary site. Of course no pesticide or herbicides used at all, just good ole fashioned "let nature take its course". Lemon balm does not yield a lot of essential oils but the hydrosol still contains plenty of good properties that we want!

I typically use lemon balm in my teas and other drinks. Been studying up on all its benefits and will be making some body/room sprays soon.

Other herbs I will steam distill growing at the farm:
Mint
Oregano
Thyme
Rosemary
Basil
Lavender (next year)

Who else has used a herb distillation kit before?