Trying something new…
Over the past month, I’ve been documenting my journey of building my own hydroponics system, a farming approach I truly believe in. When conversations come up around food insecurity or tackling food deserts, I lean into what I know. And this is one method I genuinely see as part of the solution.
Excited to bring you all along as I dive into Hydroponics 101 and learn in real time.
Check out my “Hydro-pon 🌱” highlights to see all that went down this past month!
#hydroponic #urbangardener
Cheers to my Quarter of a Century 🥂
Poem: Won’t You Celebrate With Me - By Lucille Clifton
📷- @truthis_________
🎨- @justmings
Special thanks to Kemi, Mings & my mother for capturing such a sweet moment for me.
365 days of growth.
As an ambitious girlie, I can confidently say I hit the lottery on charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent. 💅🏽 #rpdr
Happy birthday to all my fellow Pisces, may we continue to dream boldly, move intuitively, and take up space unapologetically. ♓️💫 #CLEARED
“Cultivating Plot & Preserving History” by Keshell Scipio 🇬🇾 (@keshellscipio ) a Guyanese writer and garden educator exploring how aeroponics can preserve cultural memory in a city where green space is disappearing.
“I’m 2,637 miles from home, yet only four yards away from a garden that brings me close enough. Growing food in my Guyanese household wasn’t a habit but a way of life. We kept our culture alive with the little seeds we brought back from home.”
Scipio built a vertical aeroponic system in her Brooklyn backyard using PVC tubes, water pumps, and nutrient solutions from local hardware stores — growing thyme, pak choi, bora, and wiri wiri pepper in just one square foot of space. The essay traces how Caribbean immigrant gardens are sites of sovereignty, and how soilless farming can resist the erasure that urbanization brings.
🔗 Link in bio to order 07: Poetics of Architecture
