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blueandyellowmakes

Author • Speaker • Homesteader
Executive director @theutopianseedproject
Communications manager @sowtrueseed
My book: The Whole Okra.

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It came and it's compact and it's awesome. I think their designer deserves a massive Christmas bonus 😂😊😳 @sowtrueseed

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So, this year it looks like I published a book and continued my obsession with okra 🙂 I'm suggesting people buy my book and give it to an okra hater. PM for payment details and mailing address!
#okra #thewholeokra #indefenseofokra #OkraLoversUnite #topnine #okrahaters

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I think the chicken misheard me when I said this was a shiitake log...
#mushrooms #mushroomlogs #shiitake #shiitakelogs

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Accidentally put four frogs in the basement with the water chestnut buckets...! #frogs

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As the new duck house takes shape, I'm left asking a very important question: Living roof or metal roof?

Also, chicken on the left is called Chuck, the chicken duck, because she thinks she's a duck. Emily rejects this name and calls her Ansley.
#ducks #chickens #chickenducks #greenroof #livingroof

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When your children have mad cows disease then it's time to hat up and go outside.

#footandmouth #orwasithandfootandmouth #probablyshouldntjokeaboutthat

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Chicken feet from our chickens. A pig's leg from @diloreti before he escaped to Italy. Beef bone scraps from @earthfare. These things are considered waste products by many, but today they will become a rich and nourishing bone broth.

#bonebroth #tailtotip

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Found a fort in the woods and stopped for a boiled peanuts snack.

#zoemmy #boiledpeanuts

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Up and down at Roan Mountain. Also, really cold.

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Since I've now been publicly outted (via a 1 Star Amazon Review) as having ultra left political views, allow me to share the scariest thing I saw this Halloween.

#halloween #ultraleft

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Just watching the ducks and chickens chow down.

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Holy shiitake. The mushroom trail bares it's first fruit of the season.

#shiitakelogs #mushrooms #shiitake

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I'm not too into, 'Here's my dinner posts...' BUT when a noodle shop offers fried okra as a topping, it's hard to control myself!
#okra #okratoppings #TheWholeOkra
#friedokra
@brothlabavl

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@lieswine and I had a weekend away without children for the first time in 4.5 years (the age of Emily!).

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Clingmans Dome: highest point in the Great Smoky National Park with icicles hanging from cliff sides for proof. Marshmallow celebration at the blustery summit.

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Little bit of Smoky Mountains exploration.

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Inspired by @milkglasspie. Motivated by leftovers from @theutopianseedproject experimental root station.
#sweetpotatopie

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Loving this jalapeno hot sauce from @thechefsfarmer #hot

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A quick behind the scenes peek at my crazy week building up to last night's awesome Trial to Table Farm Feast with @theutopianseedproject. Many thanks to everyone who made it happen.

#tarodelivery

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This child of mine #pink

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@theutopianseedproject successfully organized it's first @wncgarlicfest and now we're onto the next event: #Trial2Table @frannysfarm next Saturday!
It's going to be delicious. Message me if you want ticket details or link in the bio of @theutopianseedproject.

Also thanks to @rootbottomfarm for the awesome badge #crushthepatriarchy

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Even at @wncgarlicfest people bring me okra! Thanks @fermenti.foods, I'm super excited to try it.
#okra #fermentedokra #TrialToTable

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Two of my favorite things! @theutopianseedproject @sowtrueseed
Hanging out at the WNC Master Gardener's Symposium and wearing many hats.
Also okra. Also @wncgarlicfest
#stackingfunctions

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So much fun (and okra) at the @slowfoodupstate Okra Cook-off. Okra tacos, spicy okra masala and gumbo, okra slime sorbet, okra oysters. Pretty amazing event!
#loveokra #OkraLoversUnite #TheWholeOkra #okra #InDefenseOfOkra #okraeverything

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Kind of on heaven right now @slowfoodupstate #okracookoff #okra

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You make friends with an alligator and it tries to take your leg off!
#okrastrut2019

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So far, I've met one fellow okra fanatic and a lot of people who don't like okra. No one seems to know why it's called the Okra Strut... It's my mission to find out.

#okra #okrastrut2019

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We are two Very Okra Persons.
#okrastrut2019 #vop #okra #okraloversunite

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We spent a night in the converted school bus last night and Emmy said, "Mommy, Daddy, I've got a great idea. Let's put seats in here and turn it into a school bus!" I wonder if there is a market for reconverting school buses into school buses... #skoolie #AirBnB #crazychild

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Thanks to @twoseedsinapod for this photo of me teaching at @tjmonticello for the @heritageharvestfestival last weekend!
#okra #okramarshmallow #InDefenseOfOkra #OkraLoversUnite #TheWholeOkra

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I'm the Executive Director of this wonderful new non profit called @theutopianseedproject and we're organizing a #TrialToTable farm feast based on all the crop trials we did this year at @frannysfarm on Oct 12.
I'm very excited about it and want all of you to come share the food, learn more about our work, and support our organization with your ticket purchase.
Follow the tag @theutopianseedproject for ticket links in the bio.
#beyondokra #okyougotmetherewillbeokra #butotherstufftoo #imdoingitagain

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