Obiora Embry’s Blog (2015) - Page 1 of 2

Obiora Embry’s Blog (2015) - Page 1 of 2

image from 13 November 2015

Friday, 13 November 2015 by Obiora Embry

Greenville, KY

I prepared 3 brown paper bags with seeds to broadcast. Added to the top of the bags and mixed in were Kelp Meal and Epsom Salt. For the eroded areas...

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Sunday, 23 August 2015 by Obiora Embry

Greenville, KY

I added crushed egg shells to trees in the eastern forest that did not get them the last time. I also went around to each tree and added Epsom Salt. ...

image from 08 August 2015

Saturday, 8 August 2015 by Obiora Embry

Greenville, KY

I removed tops of the transplanted Blackberry and Raspberry bramble. To these plots I added Epsom Salt, Blackstrap Molasses, and Azomite. I also add...

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Friday, 3 July 2015 by Obiora Embry

Greenville, KY

After a lull in the storm, I sowed seeds collected from a yard near the home of the late and great James R. Mapp in the barren areas to the south and ...

image from 24 May 2015

Sunday, 24 May 2015 by Obiora Embry

Greenville, KY

I re-watered the hügelkultur, bramble, all 4 of the potatoes, and compost pile. In the western forest I broadcasted Showy Goldenrod. In the Ea...

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Saturday, 23 May 2015 by Obiora Embry

Greenville, KY

On the side of the road, I picked diverse plants and broadcasted the flowers seeds in various areas of the forest farming area. Then I added the rema...

image from 10 April 2015

Friday, 10 April 2015 by Obiora Embry

Greenville, KY

I sowed Red Bottle Torpedo Onion with the blackberry and raspberry bramble.

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Thursday, 9 April 2015 by Obiora Embry

Greenville, KY

The #209 Mix was sown in barren/eroded areas. To the hole that was dug on the 8th, banana peels, apple cores, and more cardboard was added along with...

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Wednesday, 8 April 2015 by Obiora Embry

Greenville, KY

I transplanted white daffodils throughout the forest garden (on both sides). I noticed deer ticks on me across the ditch, also saw deer feces. I not...

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Martin Acres has the highest point and the lowest point in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky and has been used for timber, hunting, coal mining, oil & gas extraction, and agriculture. It has been in a state of transition since the untimely death of Herbert L. Martin and the migration of many people in this black family to the north for factory jobs. Since the late‐1980s, this family has not practiced agriculture. However, some acreage is leased by a neighboring farm. In addition some of the farm is under a Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) but most of Martin Acres is maturing forests. And a creek runs through a portion of the the property, there are two ponds, and other places where water flows.

In the late 1990s, twin brothers (sixth generation descendants of Lorenza/Lourenza and Minnie Martin) Irucka Ajani and Obiora Embry, tried unsuccessfully to encourage their family to grow food organically as a means of generating farm income. After a few years of making no traction they decided to put their ideas on the back burner. However in 2012 they decided to quit talkin’ about it and be about it (Obiora’s motto since the 2000s).

In December 2012, they sought two acres of farmland on Martin Acres to develop an edible forest garden. The two acres were previously used for cow grazing, but had been left fallow for 40 or more years. On it were mature trees, bramble, grasses, and bushes. In early 2013, the area was cleared and bulldozed. This left exposed soil and barren land, two large brush piles, uprooted trees, and plants that looked like they were dying. In March 2013, they went to visit the area for the first time.

Irucka and Obiora planted stakes in the ground, took photographs and video, discussed how it would be an uphill battle to turn the desolate looking land into a thriving edible forest garden, but they had nothing to lose and were up for the challenge!

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