PhoenixSerenityMay 29, 2024

Back in our gardens.

#SoapBush - #Ceanothus - Great for #PollinatorGarden.

It's proven to be #DroughtResistant, once established. One of very few #plants proven to be resistant to air pollution too. I highly recommend this for #ClimateAction #gardening. It's a gorgeous plant too.

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Show threadPhoenixSerenityMay 29, 2024

Our #FoodGarden is coming along well, after a slow season start.

#FoodPlants #FoodSecurity #GrowingFood #GrowYourOwnFood #plants #Gardening #GrownFromSeed #Zone8 #Saanich #YYJ #GrowFoodNotLawns #VictoriaBC #FoodGrowers #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #EdibleGardening #PlantsYouCanEat #FoodGarden #VanIsle #GrowItEatIt #GrowFoodShareFood #SaladGreens #Lettuce #tomatoes #kale #arugula #GreenLiving

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Additional #FoodGarden photos.

My red #lettuce is massive 👩‍🌾

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May 29, 2024 at 8:26pmWeb
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#Strawberries & #rhubarb in #EdibleGarden 👩‍🌾

https://youtube.com/shorts/TIIkR1lqEeo?si=es1SXy8EcwlpaLXg

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Show threadPhoenixSerenityMay 29, 2024

#SeaBeet aka #WildSpinach is a #WildAncestor of beetroot & Swiss chard.

Large #edible #perennial that needs full sun & no shade. As it's namesake, tolerant of high sodium soil & wind resistant - it depends on winds to pollinate hermaphroditic flowers. I recommend this easy to grow #plant, for coastal food gardens.

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Show threadPhoenixSerenityMay 29, 2024

#Lettuce enjoy some #strawberries 👩‍🌾

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Show threadCalebDusdalMay 30, 2024
@msquebanh we've been eating some beautiful Saanich strawberries from Market on Yates
Show threadPhoenixSerenityMay 30, 2024
@CalebDusdal We're at start of buy no strawberries season 👩‍🌾🍓😊
Show threadlevampyreMay 30, 2024
@msquebanh I've only just learned this the other day. They are native to the coastal region of my country and now I'm wondering, if I should just go out, find it and collect some seeds for my food forest. 🤔 But they also hybridize quite well with the cultivated variants. In fact, they're the same plant. So will I even find a truly wild form?
Show threadPhoenixSerenityMay 30, 2024

@levampyre You could collect the seeds from public wild lands but I recommend digging up some rootstock instead. You'll get strong, faster growing sea beet plants that way.

If you plan to grow it instead of foraging in wild & want to avoid cross pollination with cultivated beets/chards, maintain a large isolation space. I've not had any cross pollination issues in past 2 yrs & grow them far from my other food plants. I cut most seed heads off, to lower spread of seeds too.

Not the same plants.

Show threadlevampyreMay 30, 2024
@msquebanh Wikipedia says they are both Beta vulgaris. But the wild one is ssp. maritima, while beet root and swiss chard are ssp. vulgaris. I am not so much concerned about cross pollination in my own garden. My goal is resilient, perennial, edible plants however that is achieved. I'm just afraid that I might not be able to find a true Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima out in the wild. Because the wild form happily cross pollinated with whatever Beta v. subspecies people grew in their nearby gardens.
Show threadPhoenixSerenityMay 30, 2024

@levampyre Yes, they are all in same plant family but are all distinctively different plants.

They're not native here & not many folks grow them so we don't have problems getting true ones from some farms or nurseries.

If there's big cross pollination issues in your area - it's even better to get root stock, when you find a true one in wild.