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Some new #FoodPlant #seeds have arrived 😊

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A split composition: The left frame focuses on a seed packet with the text "Seeds of the Revolution," "Sweet Digz Farm," an address, and a leaf illustration. On the right are seed packets from Saanich Organics, with detailed cultivar information for eggplant, cucumbers, and Shungiku as well as a label promoting "Seeds of the Revolution!" with a leaf illustration. The warm lighting casts soft shadows, and the depth of field is shallow.

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.

My first potato experiment is going well! I let some grocery store potatoes sprout and then planted them. Fingers crossed for a good harvest 🥔

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Photo of leafy potato greens growing in a large pot with dead leaves used as mulch.

Andrew Millisonin permakulttuurivideot YouTubessa ovat todellista hyvän mielen katsottavaa. Tässä kaksi jotka katsoin tänä aamuna.
/ Andrew Millison's permaculture videos on YouTube are the *real* feel-good stuff. Here are the two I watched this morning.

https://youtu.be/b5Xgw_DqmEw?si=mEx2Va0baKORkOHf

https://youtu.be/xbBdIG--b58?si=NUVfAWHJuKlEVNpl

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Early morning garden harvest - some of my Hungarian lettuce & some grapes.

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Hungarian red lettuce harvested, in a medium sized plastic ice cream container.

Red grapes harvested, on paper towel, in wicker basket.

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.

Morning, mixed #tomatoes #harvest from our backyard. I have maybe 1 or 2 more tomato harvests left for this season.

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A weaved basket filled with freshly harvested cherry tomatoes & mixed heirloom tomatoes.

Two more galia #cantaloupes that I grew & harvested.
These fruit melons are super sweet, juicy & delicious.

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2 freshly harvested galia cantaloupe melons.

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Morning garden harvest.

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A basket with freshly harvested snow peas, assorted tomatoes, cucumber & container with cherry tomatoes.

Probably the last of my yellow #beans for this season.

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Yellow beans growing & several ready to harvest.

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.

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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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.

Pretty proud of growing this big #SanMarzano striped #tomato 👩‍🌾

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Holding a large San Marzano tomato. Oval shaped, with pointy bottom. Red with orange stripings.

Morning #jalapeño #peppers update. They're pretty big.

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My left hand holding a large, straight, jalapeño pepper, growing outside.

Several large jalapeño peppers, growing outside, in pots.

Elevenses

Living with Climate Change
while maintaining a food garden
often requires two breakfasts.

Tolkien says that hobbits loved their elevenses…
On a long trek in one of the Lord of the Rings films, the hobbit Pippin suggests they take a well-earned break. But the hard-working human Aragorn prefers to press on:

Aragorn: Gentlemen, we do not stop till nightfall.
Pippin: What about breakfast?
Merry: You’ve already had it.
Pippin: We’ve had one, yes. What about second breakfast?

I’m with the hobbits on this one!

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Hobbiton movie set in New Zealand
A long curved-roofed home nestled into the side of a grassy green hill. It’s bright yellow door and arched front window frames make it instantly recognisable as a hobbit’s residence.

The front garden behind a simple wooden fence is ablaze with bright colourful flowers in white, pink, red, blue, orange and yellow. A simple wooden chair rests at the front door beside a simple path made of flat smooth stones.
Image Credit: Matt Munro, Lonely Planet

#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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