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2025-04-13

Transplanted some of my #BokChoy & purple #tomatillo plants into larger pots. These starters are all being picked up this weekend by a few of my regular plant buyers here. There's some folks who get plants from me, every year 👩‍🌾

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Split-screen composition:
Left frame, close-up of bok choy plants in black pots,  foregrounded by an out-of-focus thumb giving a thumbs-up gesture.
Right frame, organized group of tomatillo starter plants also in black pots, arranged in a black tray, under open sunlight.

Both shots feature strong contrast of plants against dark soil and pots, with backgrounds of textured concrete and cracked light surfaces.
2024-12-02

My #ChestnutMushrooms are doing real well so far. I've cut away the plastic from sides to let it breathe better. No bad molds spotted so far. Just lots of good #mycelium that's created these baby #edible #mushrooms 😊
Day 10 fungi growth.

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Baby chestnut mushrooms in plastic growing container. It has elongated, white stems and distinct orange-brown caps. Condensation is visible - it's just been misted with water. Close up of part of my grow kit.Baby chestnut mushrooms growing in plastic growing container. Closeup of their elongated, white stems & distinctive orangish-brown caps at young stages.
2024-10-07

A few of our #cucumbers are still growing.
Some large Oregon #snowpeas.
Ongoing soil remediation project is making slow & steady progress. Cardboard, topsoil, compost, woody debris, crushed seashells, seaweed, grass cuttings, leaf mulch are all breaking down together nicely.

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A thick, medium length cucumber growing on vine.A bulbous like cucumber growing on vine.3 large Oregon snowpeas in my Mom's hand.Soil remediation & lawn suppression project with sheet mulching method. Potted food plants are on the right.
2024-09-12

Benefits of work from home days, harvesting from my garden on lunch break 👩‍🌾🍈

My first #galia #cantaloupe #harvest 🥰
It's super juicy, sweet & delicious!

Galia is a type of cantaloupe that's a cross between a cantaloupe & a honeydew. The fruit is light green on the inside, when ripened.

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Holding a freshly harvested galia cantaloupe melon in my left hand.Galia cantaloupe melon, sliced into 2 halves, on black cutting board. Flesh is light green with lots of seeds in the centre. I'm holding up one of the slices, the one behind slice in the foreground.
2024-09-09

Backyard remediation project update.
3rd batch of snowpeas sowed are producing peas. Cucumbers are still coming out. Cherry tomatoes are nearing end of fruiting. More compost, lawn cuttings, leaf mulch & topsoil added to cardboard sheets. The sheets are breaking down slowly now.

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Oregon snow peas growing.Field cucumber on vine, in my left hand.Assorted yellow & red cherry tomatoes, on multiple plants.Food plants on far right in pots & in raised beds & A-frame wood trellis for pea plants to climb. 2 small greenhouses beside the apple tree.
Cardboard sheets, layered on old lawn area, covers over half the photo. Atop the cardboard sheets is compost, lawn cuttings, leaf mulch & topsoil, there's some seaweed underneath the cardboard. The cardboard is weighted down by scrap wood planks. A white bucket is in foreground.
2024-09-05

#Cucamelons aka #MouseMelon aka #Pepquinos are easy to grow & do well in PNW areas. Fruits are size of large grapes & they taste like sour cucumbers. Good for pickling. You can eat them raw, like cucumbers. I like dipping them raw into sea salt with some chopped red chili peppers.

It's native range goes from Mexico to Venezuela. Many people grow it in different areas of the world as a food crop.

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My left hand holding up vine of cucamelons.My hands cupped & holding several harvested cucamelons.Cucamelons growing on vine.A repuposed ice cream bucket, filled with harvested cucamelons.
2024-08-30

#Beans are catching up! Massive big beans growing & being harvested. Keeping a few of the largest ones as seeds for next year. Second photo shows size of what I'd consider a good seed saving pod! It is huge & photo didn't capture full size of it. Royal burgundy beans.

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Holding up green & purple beans in my left handHuge purple bean that I'm saving for seeds.

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