Sun Scope Farm & Gardens

Sun Scope Farm & Gardens Foodscaping & consultation for backyard gardens + homesteads, plus CSA shares and land share in Chattanooga, TN.

Owned by Sydney Copeland, with over a decade of experience in sustainable food systems, food access, and organic farming.

08/29/2026

left a gift for Dolly. grateful that the Samantha Kern Leslie is right down the street from this beautiful mural, and the courthouse where she got married. a little piece of Sun Scope Farms rests with the Queen of Tennessee.

some lovely mid-august moments; bold sunflowers inspiring my next hair color, huitlacoche corn mold, chinquapin chestnut...
08/21/2026

some lovely mid-august moments; bold sunflowers inspiring my next hair color, huitlacoche corn mold, chinquapin chestnuts coming in, maypop passion fruits coming in! the burn of august uses its energy to create beauty!

08/15/2026

sweet reminder at this time of year: bees work so hard, AND they take naps!! take care of yourselves this month while it’s so dang hot- listen to your body and rest when you need it. we are just little animals running around after all.

announcing…. the FIRST PUBLIC FARM EVENTS at Sun Scope Farms! A lot has changed on this land since I first walked the gr...
06/28/2026

announcing…. the FIRST PUBLIC FARM EVENTS at Sun Scope Farms! A lot has changed on this land since I first walked the grounds in November. What’s in store? Farm Tour, Beautification Day, Farm lunch, and what i’m most excited for: Tomato Pruning Workshop! Links in bio! These are small group events and tickets are limited.

Come out for an in-depth Farm Tour on Sunday, July 12th at 9 am. Learn about the practices used to revive abandoned garden spaces into new, no-till production beds. Then, stay to have fun with some farm beautification and work with the team, get a little dirty, get some good sunny exercise, and enjoy a very fresh shared lunch with the team. $1 to reserve your spot with $10 suggested donation to reimburse the farm for produce at lunch.

Sunday, July 26th at 9 am, tomato keepers new and experienced alike will learn hands-on the many methods to pruning (or NOT pruning) and trellising tomatoes. There are lots of opinions about pruning tomatoes, and we will go over the pros and cons of each method, so that you can effectively make decisions about how to care for the tomatoes in YOUR garden. We will also go over both easy and complex organic control methods of common pests and ailments on these beloved plants. This workshop is only $15, because learning how to grow food for yourself should not be limited to those with higher incomes.

preparing new beds, no-till style in the southern heat. it’s a little late to start a three sisters plot but it’s not an...
06/18/2026

preparing new beds, no-till style in the southern heat. it’s a little late to start a three sisters plot but it’s not an instant process starting from a patch of hardened clay under grass to soil soft enough to sow seeds into. wish i had more pictures of the process, but here’s what we did:

using 15x30’ silage tarps (visible in the background of the 3rd photo), i mowed down the area i wanted and laid out the tarps. they stayed there for five weeks, keeping sunlight and moisture off of the “weeds” beneath, and concentrating heat into the surface of the soil to (hopefully) invalidate the upper seed bed.

moving the tarp to a new spot and the real work begins! using a broadfork, we wiggled and wobbled down five new rows. using a hard rake, we pulled any loose soil out of the paths and hilled up each row into about 6-8” high beds. at just under 90 and sunny today, we sweated out most of our sins doing this, and traded off frequently, as if either job was milder than the other 😅

then, using organic compost, spread a humble amount down each row. using 1 of a 3-tine cultivator, we created a little furrow on top, blending some of the compost with the soil.

lunch break!
now that the beds were formed, i seeded two types of super-sweet corn and a row of sunflowers into the furrows, then covered with more compost, and watered everything in. once the corn is a few inches tall, i’ll seed pole beans and winter squash in the beds too, and after all of that is done with, this area will get a nice winter cover crop broadcasted by hand to really step up the process for a productive no-till cycle.

hi 👋 i’m the sun scope farmer.👩🏼‍🌾 i do everything by hand, use strictly organic or locally sourced materials, and i als...
05/16/2026

hi 👋 i’m the sun scope farmer.👩🏼‍🌾 i do everything by hand, use strictly organic or locally sourced materials, and i also work in a restaurant.

i have a small CSA and sell my produce at the on saturdays, give or take a few this year. i’m planning a few classes and events for folks to come see the beauty of the farm (will let yall know when it’s open for visitors).

the perfect adorable farm dog you see in some pictures is Allie, who was born to pull sleds but has sniffed around farms for as long as i have, always at the end of the row. she is 13.

two interns are making a huge difference on the workload for me this year and deserve a big shoutout- thank you and

in this first year of farming, i have a lot of different things, but not a ton of any one thing. i focus on mixed production: veggies, fruit, flowers, culinary + medicinal herbs, and value added products like herb blends, teas, and infused syrups. the coming summer will be loaded with berries, pears, tomatoes, cukes, peppers— all that good stuff that just doesn’t taste the same from the grocery store.

every day i learn something new about running a small business, and every day i learn something new about farming. the farm is going to evolve continuously, as will i. so thanks for riding along 💖🫐

we made bird houses and bat dens for Earth Day! that was a ton of fun and a cool way to use repurposed & excess material...
04/23/2026

we made bird houses and bat dens for Earth Day! that was a ton of fun and a cool way to use repurposed & excess materials. mine is for a red headed woodpecker; there are a few that visit a tree by my house frequently.

even small acts of kindness for the surrounding land can have big impacts for conservation when these populations are under unprecedented stress. farms are an integral part of natural conservation, since they provide crucial variating habitats and foodwebs for birds, frogs, snakes and little buggies. small, mixed production farms are some of the most naturally biodiverse places i’ve been in the country. not to mention the wealth of knowledge you encounter on a farm: the people spending all their time beside these different populations, learning their names and habits. that’s a beautiful gift that people who stay inside are missing out on.

happy earth day, get outside, and let’s work to conserve farmland

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