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Puzzles with mom. Mikhiala has an epically slooow eye-roll. I let her know she’s next. #puzzles #gettingolder #flowersarenice #homesteadingish

Today is the day for one of my favourite spring flowering shrubs. Cercis canadensis, or, Canadian redbud is a native large shrub that flowers on the branch early spring. The red flowers are edible and can be a light substitute for sugar/sweetener. I have eaten these in my cereals and live the taste as a snack in the road. They produce little bean pods in the fall that persist throughout winter. I have heard they are too edible but have never tried. The leaves are palm sized in the shape of a heart. There are only two species in this family -the other the Japanese Katsura, whose leaves are quite smaller but smell strongly of hot cotton candy in the fall. No. This illustration is not as accurate as I’d like it to be, but still makes me excited to be returning to work thus spring. #canadianredbud #cerciscanadensis #nativetrees #shrubs #love #spring #plantid #workworkwork

So the story goes: ALL my resources, save for a book in seed saving and sowing are in storage. I have 2 weeks to refresh my memory on plant ID, but more importantly, plant materials and maintenance. Spring forth, my horticulture angels, and deliver me! I’m sure it’s only rust in these joints - not all has been lost! #hort-trades #backtowork #love #plantidbasics #gardenerlife #lol

This a beat and tidy as it gets. I went a little crazy. Accidentally gave away my Egyptian onions as an exchange. Kinda flustered but mostly excited about a new season and now taking over my mother’s property as a “new client”. I got my work cut out for 2019!!! We start tomato seeds this coming weekend and sowing lettuces and root veg depending on the weather! 🤞🤞🤞 then off to paid work in April!!! Wait until you see the ‘before’ shot. #growfood #urbanag #love #gardenerlife #lol

Hands down, today was the best seed exchange day ever!!! @evergreen_brick_works thanks for such an amazing event!!

In the walrus article Land if Plenty”. Worth the read. #foodsovereignty #foodsecuritycanada