309. Black Sun Farm CT | Rockstar Millennial + Listener Amelia Kellner

Author ofUgly FarmTell us a little about yourself.I am IDK if I am a rockstar but I am tryingNE CT, the poor part of CT, we’re not in HartfordThere’s a lot of farms in general in this part of CTit’s not where I started farmingmy husband and I bought a little piece of propertyit’s sort of an Urban farmwe have neighbors we can see1.2 acresOh, it’s um.My husband and I were Goth kids in schoolI’m really into growing black vegetableslove the black carrotsalways buy those seedswith the black tomatoesIf 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 themeither assumethe tomatoes are only going to be blackturn your tomatoes toward the sunby the time that happensbugsslice themthey are blackfrom the toptaste greatmake salsa out ofnot as impressive if the wholeBaker Creek Black Beauty Tomatoesalmost every tomato I have ever hadstill tastes in one shape or formsweeter or nicertomato tastes like at tomatoblack like your soulblack jalapenosI thought they would be super spicypicking them and eating them off the bushthe black nebula carrotsblack all The wayblanch them for a two minutespurple dyeYou are just dropping golden seedsTell me about your first gardening experience?my grandmother on my mother’s sidekind of a homesteadunder an acrebeing a little kidblueberriesfruit treesthey were getting older19101915-16something like...