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.
SEEDLINGS
Lettuce seedlings in the front row
PLANTS
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
Marrow flowers developing into fruit.
FRUIT
Picking the fruits of our labour – tomato varieties.
FOOD
Tomatoes and peppers ready for roasting
Seared goat and garden veg salad
Making supper and saving seeds along the way.
and back to…SEEDS
Decanting red clover seeds into jars.
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!
What a lovely blog post! Thanks so much for all the inspiration! ☺xxx
Thanks Samantha! Always a pleasure 🙂
What should we be planting in the veggie patch at this time of year? (Or the flower patch, for that matter).
Hello Amanda, you can take a look at this link about our first Veggie Garden Club meeting to see what you should be planting.