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I grew this bountiful #GroundCherry plant from seeds collected from last year's #VolunteerPlant. I dug a volunteer ground cherry plant out from a sidewalk crack, last year & transplanted into a pot. That plant provided loads of #fruits. I saved 2 of the largest fruits for sowing this year's plants - gave several seeds away too.

#gardening #Bloomscrolling #FoodSecurity #Saanich #Gardeners #botanical #Flowers #FoodPlants #FoodGardening #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Zone8 #GrowItEatIt #VictoriaBC #Wsanec #PlantLovers #EdiblePlants #GrowFood #EdibleGardens #GrownFromSeed #SeedSavers #ContainerGardening

Today I learned that you can propagate amaranth from stem cuttings.

A couple of weeks ago I thinned out the amaranth patch by cutting them at the base, stripping off the leaves (and eating them), and then throwing the stalks in the compost pile.

I just went out to add some more to the heap and saw that two stalks had rooted and sprouted again!

#propagation #compost #VolunteerPlant

A golden yellow amaranth stalk with a few small clusters of deep green leaves sprouting from it.

Ah, I have figured out what the volunteer squash plant is!

Last year, I went to visit @Lady_Eglantine at her new house, and while shopping there fell in love with this little spooky pumpkin. After spooky season, he was retired to the compost bin.

The giant squash plant emerging from the compost bin has finally formed enough shape for me to feel confident this is from that pumpkin. (The other options were summer squash or zucchini.)

#compost #pumpkin #VolunteerPlant

Photo of my hand holding a small white pumpkin with a painted design of a tree with bare branches.

Photo of a squash dangling off of my volunteer plant that looks remarkably similar to that white pumpkin from the previous photo.

Photo looking down at my compost bin in a raised bed, showing that the squash plant has escaped the front, grown off two sides and is now meandering along the grass.

Compost escapee squash (it’s literally growing out of a hole in the bin) is growing a squash!!

Taking bets now on what our volunteer squash is!

#squash #VolunteerPlant #compost #gardening #garden

Photo of a squash plan growing off the side of a raised bed. There is a round bulb on the end of a stem with an orange flower off the end of it. So far the squash is just a small round lil thing.

Huh, volunteer tomato plant!!! With ripe tomatoes! #gardening #volunteerplant

Small tomato absolutely loaded with small cherry like tomatoes, growing on a neglected patch of gravel next to a stucco house painted the color of the 1980s

Took a nice walk this evening to check in on the rogue corn growing out of the storm drain. After a false alarm (I forgot how far down the road it was!) we found her! Still living her best life.

#TeamCementCorn #TeamGrowWhereYourePlanted #GuerillaGardening #Corn #VolunteerPlant #ILived