Negasi

09/01/2022

We have had a wonderful first gardening year! There was a lot of curves, bumps and lots of smiles and encouragement along the way. We are officially done with the vegetable stand for the season. And a huge thanks to Abigail and Amira for faithfully being there every Saturday!

This Saturday we are planning a workday at the gardens to install the fence posts.
If you are interested in volunteering or know of someone that is, please let us know.

We have more upcoming to add to the end of our first year….. save the date for October 8!!!!!! 🍂 FALL FESTIVAL!!! 🍂 more details coming soon!

08/08/2022

She picked it a little too early but was mighty pleased with herself!! I told her it wasn’t ready yet and she should have waited. She said, “mom, it’s already got the yellow spot!” 🤦🏾‍♀️😂😂😂

08/06/2022

To my little summer reading students…. Here’s your cucumbers!!! Ryder, you kept asking about them. I’ll drop one off for you when they are ready 😊

08/06/2022

Yesterday was definitely, one of those days! We started the day off with sorting the vegetables that had been picked the day before. Getting some work done with the goats, and got to finally visit the new exhibit at the Children’s Museum. We went to the gardens to work for the evening and had a few issues to work through. One being that the grass was soooo long! Another is all our nicely tied up tomato plants were laying all over the place. Looks like something or somebody ran all through them. We also are looking to get some help to get the fence installation finished as some of our fence posts got legs and walked away…. There will be a work day posted soon and we will be getting the garden better secured. Sigh….

Until then, we keep doing what we’ve been doing!

07/30/2022

The stand will be closed today. We will see you all next week!

07/20/2022

We are out at the stand now!!! Come and get some green beans, peppers, squash, tomatoes and more!

06/28/2022

06/18/2022

Mighty things are happening in the garden. It’s a regular routine to go check on the plants every evening. This evening was beautiful and amazing to see the growth that has happened in one week!!

06/17/2022

Another day of hard work in the garden! Plenty of helping hands!

05/15/2022

Update: The need has been met!! 🙌🏾 We have secured the funding for the fence and have removed the gofund!! Thank you for all that shared and supported!! Additional donations can be made at www.realblackexcellence.com Please donate, share and help us make our goal!!

05/08/2022

Our first day of work with a team at Negasi Gardens!! Super excited for the upcoming week, warm weather and planting!!

05/03/2022

Ground breaking…and the garden has been tilled!! We are super excited about the upcoming Negasi/RealBlackExcellence gardens!! More happening later this week.. stay tuned!

04/30/2022

Surprise one, two and three! It’s was this morning, it’s a girl from dapple and she’s solid black! Somebody’s in love already! ❤️❤️❤️

04/30/2022

Look out Gardens!! Here we come!! 150 tomato plants, 96 pepper plants, strawberries, squash, cucumbers and much more!!

04/24/2022

I’ve waited years for this moment!! Goldfinches have finally found me!! First time ever and there were 6 total!

04/20/2022

It’s finally here! We have been waiting to share this good news…

https://youtu.be/ou6wd6lks4s

Negasi is proud to announce the opening of Negasi Gardens & Agricultural Experience!! It’s been a LOT of work…

Last year we began the process of purchasing land on the south side of Muncie. For the purpose of bringing agriculture to the urban youth. We have partnered with three other groups and currently work with 50 plus youth. A group of staff has been created and our staff group is officially RealBlackExcellence!! 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

Negasi is super excited for this new, (well not so new because we’ve been working with youth for years) but for the opportunity to specifically work with our black youth and give them experiences and opportunities that aren’t offered to them.

This video is shows the breaking ground work for several things we are doing and shows the first cleanup day at the gardens. The crews helping were volunteers that came to help do the more major heavy work. Stay tuned for more info following!

https://youtu.be/ou6wd6lks4s

04/18/2022

Just checking…. It’s April right??? Who ordered this?!?! 😂😂😂

04/16/2022

Been busy out here! We have some exciting updates to share… coming up on Tuesday morning!!

02/13/2022

Coming Sunday February 20!! Will be live streamed 5:30-8:00pm!!!

01/28/2022

Broccoli and alfalfa sprouts started! First day...

01/18/2022

When you realize she’s not laying down for a nap where she should be, go look in the next most possible location... with Cassius! Sigh.... 😄 Cassius is 5 months old now, he will get weighed this weekend, we are guessing him to be around 50lbs. Super calm and a fast learner!

01/16/2022

Had a fantastic couples date evening with some of our favorite people! Dinner at Wolfies followed by some good competition at Bad Axe, and as usual... making good memories!!

12/25/2021

We finally brought our newest addition home last night. Introducing....Chancellor Cassius Clay. He is the son of AKC Russian Import “Morris Sid”. Special thanks to my brother Marcus Scott for keeping him and starting his training. We are looking forward to some fun days ahead!!!

12/25/2021

We are finally home!!! There’s nothing like spending time with the people that mean the most to you and making memories to last a lifetime! We are so blessed to have the strong, supportive, and fun family circle that we have. So long, farewell 2021, and in to 2022 with the “poom!” 💥👊🏾💥👊🏾 (and for those wondering what is a poom? Don’t worry, it’s a family thing..)

12/04/2021

Goodmorning!! This is the first Saturday that we are starting “Meet the Animals!” Every Saturday, we are going to highlight one of our furry friends and share them and what they do here at Negasi.

First up is Onyx. She’s one of our protectors, guards and an overall sweetheart!! She’s a year old Bullmastiff, does excellent with keeping a watchful eye over our little people and ALL the animals love her. We’ve seen goats reaching through the fence to rub heads with her.
We have owned several dogs through the years and shhhhhhhhh.... she beats them all! This girl is dynamite!

11/30/2021

These two just simply cannot stay awake on the mower! We will be posting a video this week showing some back scenes we have been working on. Stay tuned!!

11/20/2021

Negasi - YouTube

It’s been a year!! 🎉🎉🎉 this week marks a year since we found this property and began to process to purchase it.

“Nothing you want will come easy. You’ve got to work for it.”

This has been WORK! We aren’t done and in fact in many ways not close to finished but still not anywhere close to when we started. We’ve dreamt for years about owning our own land. About owning our own herd of goats. Dreamt about living in a place that was safe and quiet for the children to grow up at.
We couldn’t bring you all in at the start of this journey due to privacy reasons and protecting the previous owners of this property. We put together this small video to catch you up to speed to where we are now, and to give the exciting news that we are going to allow you all to join us in our journey, our Youtube channel is live!!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOp_u7U_I4N4D5pWPbJR4QQ

Please subscribe and THANK YOU for the support that you all have already been!!

Black family farming? Yes! In 1920, there were 949,000 black farmers in America. By 2020 only 45,000 farms are still owned by African-American families. Amou...

11/16/2021

Imagine doing this all day long.... but, whatever it takes cause we’ve got kids coming again in less than two months!!! We are excited about this upcoming set with our addition of our New Zealand buck “Thunderbolt”. Can’t wait to see what these babies will be like!

11/03/2021

“Mommy! Look there’s snow now! Can we go snowmobiling?” Definitely not snow but starting to get thick layers of frost in the mornings. We will be getting things moved around for when the snow does come and settle in! ❄️☃️

10/26/2021

A view of our new “lakefront” property!! 😅 Definitely thankful the animals have means to get up to higher ground. That was a LOT of rain!

10/26/2021

We’ve had major rain around here for the past couple days. We will post pictures of our new “lakefront” property 🤦🏾‍♀️😂

10/21/2021

Here’s a sneak peek of the girls during their history class today. They have been studying on the life of Dr. King. Today they made one of his favorite desserts... Pecan Pie Cake. (I learned something new today)
Definitely a good choice to have as a favorite dessert! It was excellent!!

10/19/2021

“Son, what are you doing? I said take out the trash.” “Yes ma’am, this was the faster way!”

10/09/2021

This is what getting ready looks like...

09/30/2021

First time rolling out candles since last year. Definitely enjoyed working with these again! Getting ready for the fall Festival!! festival

09/27/2021

Getting things prepped and ready for the fall Festival. After me being 3 hours on the mower and them hopping off and on to go play other things and come right back to ride, they gave up.... 😄 my mowing babies ❤️❤️

09/24/2021

And this is why I don’t answer phone calls after 8:30 because you never know what is the next thing about to happen around here! These two were in bed, then after I answered the phone I saw them come creeping quietly around the corner “hiding” in the legs of the pants so I couldn’t see them. Sissy was completely hidden and Adrian was trying to hide while helping his “other leg” walk with him 😂😂😂 we are still under construction around here so there’s no baseboard trim up yet.

09/21/2021

Trying hard to convince the chainsaw to continue and FINISH the job. Even Simba was trying to help...

09/18/2021

Happy Friday!!! Sissy came and jumped on my back and said, “Can you take a picture of me and you?!” ❤️ We have been busy today!
We will be doing a video tomorrow! See y’all soon!

09/13/2021

Please share and invite your friends and family! Looking to have a good time!

09/05/2021

Had an enjoyable afternoon with our friends at Victory Lap! Not sure who won the race but all definitely enjoyed themselves. Stay tuned for some fall updates coming this week!!! 🍂🍁🍂🍁

09/03/2021

More clearing today... we are going to post pictures of the land before and after. This cleanup has been no joke! These boys have been a tremendous help with it all!!

08/26/2021

We’ve been super busy these last few days but thought to share a funny with you all. We got a steer on the farm now, and he wasn’t all too sure about being brought out here. Coaxing him out of the trailer wasn’t really an option. He decided he was coming out in his own time, and in his own style! After plowing over the man trying to get him out of the trailer, he went on a run that lasted an hour and 45 minutes.😂 There was desperation in the air and nobody wanted to lose him again and wasn’t too sure about trying to pull him so they hooked him to the mower and decided to pull him that way. The mower was doing “pop-a-wheelies” as it was pulling him to his pen 😂 we are hoping to get a better picture of him soon. As of right now, we’ve just been staying easy with him,... and with ourselves!!!

He’s staying right where he is at the moment!!

08/21/2021

We went to to the lake and had a grand time! We will have to do it again since it didn’t all go as expected but we definitely made some good memories 👍🏽 we will spare everyone the rest of the story 😂