Fat Pony Farm

Fat Pony Farm Since 2008: To reduce enormous tick populations, we remove invasive plant species and let plants nat

Hey everyone, our neighbors and community need help NOW. Please share far and wide and donate what you can.Every donatio...
08/31/2026

Hey everyone, our neighbors and community need help NOW. Please share far and wide and donate what you can.

Every donation matters. Every donation helps families in this community. With the power outage, a lot of families need help.

Thank you for your support.

🚨 IMMIGRANT PANTRY EMERGENCY FUNDING UPDATE 🚨

We are stretched to the snapping point.

After last week’s storms left more than 100,000 people across the Memphis area without power, we went into crisis mode. Our own requests for food assistance increased, while we also began stepping in at community food distributions across the city when they ran out—doing everything we could to make sure families didn’t leave empty-handed.

And then came last night.

More than 100 of our immigrant neighbors were reportedly detained in the raid at El Corralón. Families woke up today missing loved ones, facing fear, uncertainty and, for many, the sudden loss of someone who helped put food on the table.

We already know what comes next for us: more families needing their neighbors to stand with them.

And right now, our pantry has almost nothing left financially.

One account: $52.78.
The other: $178.44.
Total available: $231.22.

Tomorrow alone, we have 12 deliveries scheduled. We provide each family with pantry staples plus $50 in fresh meat, milk and produce. That means we need $600 tomorrow just for fresh food—before we buy a single canned good, bag of rice, box of cereal, hygiene item, diaper or anything else.

We don’t know exactly what this week is going to bring. After everything Memphis has experienced over the past several days, we know it won’t be easy.

But we’ll do what we’ve done every time the need has grown.

We’ll wake up tomorrow and take on the next challenge.

We’ll pack the boxes. We’ll shop for the groceries. We’ll answer the messages. We’ll make the deliveries. We’ll step in when someone else runs out. And we’ll make sure families facing some of the scariest moments of their lives know that their community has not abandoned them.

But we literally cannot do it without you.

If you’ve ever wondered whether your $5, $10, $25 or $50 donation actually matters—this is the moment when it does.

🥫 VENMO:
Last 4: 6286
💵 CASH APP: $CollectiveGood

Please donate if you can. If you can’t, share this post. Send it to your friends. Send it to your group chats. Ask your church, workplace, neighborhood or organization to help.

There are moments when community care is something we talk about.

And there are moments when we have to prove it.

This is one of those moments.

Our immigrant neighbors need us. We need you. Let’s make sure nobody gets left behind.

08/27/2026

It's hard to believe, but fall Migration is already in full swing! Check out birdcast.org for live maps, migration alerts, and forecasts, and sign up for Email Migration Alerts - https://birdcast.org/migration-tools/local-migration-alerts/. Dim lights at night, Treat your window by day to help migrating birds avoid glass collisions, and make it to their destination safely.

Invasive Species War Score in progress:Tea w**d 0, me 1,347,489Mulberryw**d 0, me 27Goose grass 8, me 75Chamber bitter 0...
08/26/2026

Invasive Species War Score in progress:

Tea w**d 0, me 1,347,489

Mulberryw**d 0, me 27

Goose grass 8, me 75

Chamber bitter 0, me 45

Foxtail grass— tough but it’s going to lose in the end. Corralling seed heads.

Auxiliary:

Anne 2,483,451, stiltgrass 0

Don’t forget to turn out your lights this week while birds are in migration!
08/24/2026

Don’t forget to turn out your lights this week while birds are in migration!

The fall bird migration is in progress! Last night, there were an impressive 242 million estimated birds that started their journey south. They were flying mostly due south at about 30 mph, around 2,000 feet above the ground. The winds will be ideal for a more moderate night of migration tonight in the Great Lakes region, and there will likely be another push of birds late in the work week behind another cold front. September is the peak month for the fall bird migration, so these are just the "early birds." The Baltimore Oriole is one of many bird types starting to end their summer stay.

08/22/2026

Radar overnight shows that the early bird surge is on track for this weekend. 200 to 250 million birds are likely to be flying across the country the next 2 nights. Saturday night and possibly Sunday night will be the bigger migration nights in our local area. The early season surge is developing behind the cold front in Minnesota. There are also some birds migrating behind the 1st cold front moving through the mid Atlantic. These early season cool spells are leading to early opportunities for migrating birds to start their journey to the south. The peak of the fall migration is in September across the Great Lakes region. You can help by turning off those outdoor lights especially on high migration nights.

Bird migration has begun:
08/19/2026

Bird migration has begun:

BIRD MIGRATION! The first bird surge of the season has brought much higher than expected bird activity Monday night. An estimated 232,000,000 birds are on the move, tracked by Doppler Radar moving South/Soutwest at 18 mph around an altitude of 2,100 feet. This data is according to BirdCast shows the highest concentration from the Great Lakes heading south across the Mississippi River Valley!

08/17/2026

In case you were wondering what use tall seed heads or dead plant stems are:

Stargazing
08/10/2026

Stargazing

Worth circling on your calendar: Tuesday night is the actual peak of the Perseids, widely considered the best meteor shower of the year, and this time the timing lines up really well.

The moon is basically new that night, less than 2 percent lit, so there's almost no moonlight to wash out the fainter meteors. Under a genuinely dark sky the Perseids can put on a good show, these are fast movers and quite a few leave a short glowing trail behind them as they streak by. No equipment needed either, just find a spot away from bright streetlights, lay back, and give your eyes ten or fifteen minutes to adjust.

It's still a few nights out, so take this as an early heads up rather than a locked-in forecast, but right now the best early odds for clear skies look to be around Houston, Tampa, Jacksonville, and Los Angeles. We will keep an eye on the cloud picture as Tuesday gets closer and update you if anything changes.

Hey Memphis —-just say no
08/05/2026

Hey Memphis —-just say no

A 4th data center? WTF? This is why Elon targeted Memphis for xAI — he knew local officials would let him do whatever he wanted regardless of the community’s health/input. 🤔

(Even after canceling the promised water facility)

More: https://www.instagram.com/p/DblVyoMgKOL/?igsh=Z3h3a2drc2VrajJv

08/05/2026

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