Seed ’em and reap.

Seeds are life.

The wondrous cycle from seed to plant, flower to fruit and back to seed.

Lets throw a few highlighted words out there for you. You probably know them all. If not, do a bit of research. Copy and paste them into Google search, chat to friends, read some books. Come up with your own thoughts on the matter.

I’m not going to write about GMO and its promotion in South Africa through the Green Revolution, the world of Biopiracy and its effects on Indigenous livelihoods, or the importance of Seed Sovereignty.

But I am going to share some of the enjoyment we experience from the seed cycle.

SEEDS

Seeds – begged, borrowed, bought or grown.

Homegrown seeds

SEEDLINGS

Lettuce seedlings in the front row

PLANTS

Seedlings in the ground.

Renegade lettuce growing in the cracks. Saving this hero’s seed for sure.

Self seeded Manchester turnip in the lettuce bed.

Coriander grown from our own seed for about 4 years now.

Cucumber plants – flowers have started.

FLOWERS

Sunflower

Pea flowers

Baby tomato flowers

Marrow flowers developing into fruit.

FRUIT

Picking the fruits of our labour – tomato varieties.

Marrow

Rainbow radishes

Cucumbers

Supper ingredients

Garden harvest

FOOD

Tomatoes and peppers ready for roasting

Fresh veg and homemade pasta

Veg wraps

Radish salad

Summer tomato snacks

Seared goat and garden veg salad

Making supper and saving seeds along the way.

and back to…SEEDS

Sunflowers seeds.

Chive seeds.

Pea seeds.

Radish seeds.

Decanting red clover seeds into jars.

And repeat.

Plants want to grow. We need to eat. So….

And if you don’t have a spot of soil to grow in – support your local farmer.

Happy healthy eating everyone!