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Bagged watermelons for protection.
These are 3 of 15 of watermelons that are currently growing on vines.
It's my 2nd year attempting to grow watermelons on Southern Vancouver Island. I'm getting a lot more fruits than last year 🍉👩‍🌾👍
My cantaloupe seeds failed this year.

#iGrowFood #watermelons #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowFruit #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl

Choy Sum with pork soup - over rice.
Another simple, peasant meal, that my family has made & eaten for many generations.
We grow choy sum, year round. We grow several other Asian greens because we want to increase our own fresh & healthy homegrown cultural crops & decrease our money spent buying healthy fresh produce.

#AsianMastodon #TraditionalFood #ChineseFood #GrowItEatIt #HomegrownFood #HomegrownGoodness #CulturalCrops #CulturalFood #ChineseGreens #vegetables #brassicas #Soup #ChoySum

Steamed, #homegrown #ChoySum.

#AsianMastodon #TraditionalFood #ChineseFood #GrowItEatIt #HomegrownFood #HomegrownGoodness #CulturalCrops #CulturalFood #ChineseGreens #vegetables #brassicas

A still shot of my gorgeous beetroot seeds 😍
I love seed photos. I love seeds. I love photography. Great, when both lifelong passions are combined.

My amazing #beetroot #seeds.
Tapped & saved from excellent mother plants. Watch/listen to video about the mother plants that I harvested these strong seeds from ✌️💚👩‍🌾

#iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl #beet

A still shot of my gorgeous beetroot seeds 😍
I love seed photos. I love seeds. I love photography. Great, when both lifelong passions are combined.

My amazing #beetroot #seeds.
Tapped & saved from excellent mother plants. Watch/listen to video about the mother plants that I harvested these strong seeds from ✌️💚👩‍🌾

#iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl #beet

A still shot of my gorgeous beetroot seeds 😍
I love seed photos. I love seeds. I love photography. Great, when both lifelong passions are combined.

My amazing #beetroot #seeds.
Tapped & saved from excellent mother plants. Watch/listen to video about the mother plants that I harvested these strong seeds from ✌️💚👩‍🌾

#iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl #beet

A still shot of my gorgeous beetroot seeds 😍
I love seed photos. I love seeds. I love photography. Great, when both lifelong passions are combined.

My amazing #beetroot #seeds.
Tapped & saved from excellent mother plants. Watch/listen to video about the mother plants that I harvested these strong seeds from ✌️💚👩‍🌾

#iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl #beet

A still shot of my gorgeous beetroot seeds 😍
I love seed photos. I love seeds. I love photography. Great, when both lifelong passions are combined.

My amazing #beetroot #seeds.
Tapped & saved from excellent mother plants. Watch/listen to video about the mother plants that I harvested these strong seeds from ✌️💚👩‍🌾

#iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl #beet

My amazing #beetroot #seeds.
Tapped & saved from excellent mother plants. Watch/listen to video about the mother plants that I harvested these strong seeds from ✌️💚👩‍🌾

#iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl #beet

My amazing #beetroot #seeds.
Tapped & saved from excellent mother plants. Watch/listen to video about the mother plants that I harvested these strong seeds from ✌️💚👩‍🌾

#iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl #beet

My amazing #beetroot #seeds.
Tapped & saved from excellent mother plants. Watch/listen to video about the mother plants that I harvested these strong seeds from ✌️💚👩‍🌾

#iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl #beet

My amazing #beetroot #seeds.
Tapped & saved from excellent mother plants. Watch/listen to video about the mother plants that I harvested these strong seeds from ✌️💚👩‍🌾

#iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl #beet

My amazing #beetroot #seeds.
Tapped & saved from excellent mother plants. Watch/listen to video about the mother plants that I harvested these strong seeds from ✌️💚👩‍🌾

#iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl #beet

Winter carrots seeds were sowed. This is two of 8 pots that I sowed with more mini rainbow carrots & some finger carrots. I should be able to harvest these carrots in November/December. I will have round & finger carrots sowed outdoors in pots in October & November, moved indoors over Winter & those should be ready for harvest in January/February 🥕

#iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl #RootVegetables #Carrots #Seeds

First mini rainbow #carrots #harvest from one pot. I'll be planting beans & beets in same pot, next.

#carrots #harvest #iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl

#Strawberries are fruiting again 🍓

#iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowFruit #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl

I have several baby #watermelons now 👩‍🌾
These are a few of my unripe sugar baby watermelons 😀💦🍉
I do a lot of hand pollination with watermelons. They need extra pollinating help.

#iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowFruit #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl #melons

Potatoes & carrots are emerging through soil.
Potatoes are true tubers.
Carrots are taproot vegetables.

I grow a variety of small potatoes & rainbow & fingerling carrots.

#FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #Potatoes #Carrots

#tomatoes are fruiting.

#nightshades #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowTomatoes #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #fruits #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle

Finally thinned out my big pot of assorted #carrots 🥕
One of my friends has a bunny. She's picking up what I pulled to feed her bunn.

#RootVegetables #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowCarrots #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #ZeroWaste

It's pouring rain outside. Forecast calls for more rains tomorrow. My rain barrels & buckets will be filled well. Sunshine returns on Wednesday.
I'll thinning out this large pot, full of mixed carrots & some self seeded tomatoes, on Wednesday morning before going to work. I wasn't expecting that many carrot seeds to germinate. I used a bag of 3 year old seeds to sow this pot.
I grow all my root vegetables in big pots for easier harvesting. All my yams & potatoes are growing out of large felted bags. I have beetroot & turnips growing together out of a large Rubbermaid bin.

#seedlings #carrots #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #RootVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #ContainerGardening

#Tomatoes #transplanting.
Ensure that you pile up the soil at base of your plants. Tomato plants are happier, when you mound up the soil & transplant them deep into pots(if you're not putting them into ground). Banana peel & fish head parts are at bottom of every tomato planter to ensure they are constantly fed from the bottom up 👩‍🌾
I'll update in 1-2 weeks on how I use alfalfa feed pellets when my tomato plants start to produce their first fruit babies.

#FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowTomatoes #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle

Rainy afternoon, backyard #homegrown #food #harvest.
Mixed #AsianGreens - #chard / #bokchoy / #MustardGreens.
These are Asian greens that we grow & harvest as needed, year round. They are put under light covers in the colder Winter months. I keep their bases well mulched during Winter & they do just fine.

#FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrownFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #Food #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #AsianGreens #FeedingMyFamily

Silver #cockscomb - very similar to amaranth.
Originally native to #India - it was saved from extinction through #cultivation because of its religious significance. #Indian , #Burmese & #Chinese gardeners usually plant them by temples.

Cockscomb is an #EdiblePlant & a pretty #grain alternative. Often consumed in southern #Nigeria, #Benin , #Congo & #Indonesia. Young stems & flowers are #edible. Seeds are also edible are referred to as #pseudocereals.

#FoodSecurity #FoodPlants #FoodGarden #GrowFood #Gardening #food #GrowItEatIt #GrowFoodNotLawns #Zone8 #plants #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PNW #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #PlantIdentification #FlowersIdentification #botanical #EdibleFlowers

Yesterday, I harvested some #bokchoy - red romaine #lettuce - #ThaiMint - #VietnameseCoriander 👩‍🌾

#FoodSecurity #harvest #FoodGardening #GrowFood #Gardening #food #LeafyGreens #GrowItEatIt #GrowFoodNotLawns #Zone8 #herbs #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PNW #SaladGreens

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 👩‍🌾

#WhatsInMyGarden #Saanich #Gardeners #GardeningMastodon #Zone8 #YYJ #GrowItEatIt #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #EdiblePlants #PNW #botanical #Wsanec #FoodGarden #SimpleJoys #DisabledGardeners #GrowFood #EdibleGarden #GreenLiving #GrowVegetables #YouGrowGirl #AsianGreens #GrownFromSeed #FoodPlants #FoodGrower #AsianMastodon #FoodSecurity

Don't toss/compost your homegrown #PepperLeaves. #Harvest them because they're food. They can be used as herbs substitute if you don't have basil or mints. They can be cooked & eaten. They're nutritious, so start eating your pepper leaves!

Mom had told me that in her matriarch village, our relations grew & harvested #peppers & #leaves for many generations. It's used in many different Asian cultures as both food & medicine.

Pepper leaves #HealthBenefits ⬇️

#Antioxidants -
Pepper leaves are rich in antioxidants, which help protect the body from damage caused by free radicals.

#AntiInflammatory -
Pepper leaves have anti-inflammatory properties that help reduce inflammation in the body.

#DigestiveHealth -
Pepper leaves can aid in digestion and reduce stomach upset.

#ImmunityBoost -
Pepper leaves contain vitamins and minerals that help boost the immune system

I used these harvested pepper leaves to fry up with garlic & eggs for my Mom 😊 It's #DiabeticFriendly 👍

#AsianMastodon #EatLeaves #SouthEastAsianFood #CulturalFood #TraditionalFood #FoliageAsFood #GrowItEatIt #GrowYourOwnFood #homegrown #AsianFood #HealthFood #Food

My adorable baby #butternut #squashes growing in DIY small greenhouse. They are very cute.

#WhatsInMyGarden #Saanich #Gardeners #GardeningMastodon #Zone8 #YYJ #GrowItEatIt #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #EdiblePlants #PNW #botanical #Wsanec #FoodGarden #SimpleJoys #DisabledGardeners #GrowFood #EdibleGarden #GreenLiving #GrowVegetables #YouGrowGirl #GrownFromSeed #Squash #FoodGrower #FoodPlants

First #sunchoke flower has bloomed 🌻
Once the plants finish blooming & leaves have yellowed, I dig out several roots to cook & store for winter food 👩‍🌾😊

#DiabeticFriendly tuber 👍
Ways to cook & pickle it:
https://yummyaddiction.com/how-to-cook-sunchokes/

#WhatsInMyGarden #Saanich #Gardeners #GardeningMastodon #Zone8 #YYJ #GrowItEatIt #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #EdiblePlants #PNW #botanical #Wsanec #FoodGarden #DisabledGardeners #GrowFood #EdibleGarden #GreenLiving #GrowVegetables #YouGrowGirl #FoodPlants #JerusalemArtichoke