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Planting Seeds (she/her)
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Planting seeds of change in 🇨🇦 zone 5b 🌱
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Today’s harvest (so far), plus a porch full of things that need to dry. It’s going to be a busy few days 😅

#VegetableGardening #Permaculture #Harvest
Vegetables on a counter, including dried beans, spinach, tomatoes, carrots, bell peppers, and radishes.
October 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Just got off the organizing call for @avilewis.ca, and this is the first time I’ve been excited about a politician since Jack Layton. Avi is the real deal and is bringing back the federal NDP to their roots. It’s about time #CdnPoli #NDPLeadershipRace #NDP #AviLewis
Flyer for mass organizing call for Avi Lewis October 14th, 8 pm ET. White text on orange background with pictures of speakers Naomi Klein and Anjali Appadurai. lewisforleader.ca/organizercall
October 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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This week’s harvest. Time to pickle some beets.

#VegetableGardening #Permaculture #HomeCanning #FoodPreservation
Vegetables on a counter, including bell peppers, dried beans, tomatoes, and beets.
October 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Processed and preserved.

#VegetableGardening #Permaculture #Harvest #FoodPreservation
Washed, chopped, and packaged vegetables, including spinach, bell peppers, carrots, and lettuce.
September 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Weekly haul.

#VegetableGardening #Permaculture #Harvest
Harvest of vegetables laid out on a counter, including bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, dried beans, radishes, spinach, lettuce, and carrots.
September 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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#Harvest.
Head of cauliflower, a handful of spinach, and a couple cups of cherry tomatoes displayed on a counter.
September 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Just a little something to take the edge off…
August 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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This one smells so good! Corn & Cherry Tomato Salsa, from my garden and preserved for the year to come. Safety tested recipe from Ball: www.ballmasonjars.com/blog?cid=cor...

#VegetableGardening #Permaculture #FoodPreservation #HomeCanning
Empty mason jars in a water bath canner being filled with water. Water bath canner on a stove. Large pot of salsa being cooked. Five jars of Corn and Cherry Tomato Salsa.
August 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Dilly Beans from my garden, preserved to enjoy over the next year. As always, canned using a safety tested recipe - Dilly Beans by Ball: www.ballmasonjars.com/blog?cid=dil...

#VegetableGardening #Permaculture #FoodPreservation #HomeCanning
August 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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What’s for breakfast: French toast with perfect oven bacon and peaches.

#WhatsForBreakfast #WhatsForBrunch #LetsEat
August 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Preserving summer with pickled beets from my garden. Canned using the safety tested “Pickled Beets” recipe from Bernardin Complete Book of Home Preserving.

#VegetableGardening #Permaculture #FoodPreservation #HomeCanning
Three pint-sized jars of pickled beets.
August 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Today’s harvest (so far).
✅ Spinach frozen
✅ Globe tomatoes frozen
✅ Cherry tomatoes ripening
✅ Beans prepped for canning/freezing
✅ Lettuce refrigerated

More to come! It’s so hot out today, I have to do things in batches. Stay hydrated!

#VegetableGardening #Permaculture #Harvest #GardenToTable
Harvest of lettuce, spinach, globe tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, and beans.
August 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Garden to table #pesto.

#VegetableGardening #Permaculture #GardenToTable #GrowYourOwnFood
August 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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I had some lovely garden visitors today 🥰

#VegetableGardening #Permaculture #Hummingbirds #Bees
August 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Today’s harvest.

#VegetableGardening #GardenToTable #Permaculture #Harvest
Vegetable harvest, including yellow tomatoes; red bell peppers; yellow, green, and purple bush beans; and cherry tomatoes.
August 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Some blooms from around the garden.

#VegetableGardening #SummerBlooms #GardenInspiration #Permaculture
Peach sunset runner bean blooms Yellow Bok choy blooms Orange marigold blooms Purple basil blooms and dried seeds
July 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Garden to table spinach dip. A thing of beauty 😚👌

#GardenToTable #LetsEat #GrowYourOwnGroceries
Spinach plant in the garden Steamed and chopped spinach on a cutting board Cooked spinach dip Plate of nacho chips and a bowl of spinach dip
July 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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A lot can change in a few months 💜

#VegetableGardening #RaisedGardenBeds #GrowYourOwnFood #GardenProgress #GardenDesign
Two raised garden beds, empty Four raised garden beds, each set connected by a cattle panel trellis, filled with dirt Four raised garden beds, each set connected by a cattle panel trellis, with some plants starting to come in Four raised garden beds, each set connected by a cattle panel trellis, completed filled in with plants.
July 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Well, this is awfully timely.
White text on yellow background. “People here in the neighbourhood are saying she had no business going to Mars, anyway. All that money wasted on another crazy space trip when so many people here on earth can’t afford water, food, or shelter.” - Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler
May 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Secured my vote today. An honour and duty I don’t take for granted. To all those who came before me, thank you.

#ElectionsCanada #CanadaVotes #CdnPoli #ElbowsUp
Yellow background with black text. “Elections Canada Vote.”
April 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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My latest read was just dropped in my mailbox from Take Cover Books in Nogojiwanong (Peterborough). I’m looking forward to digging into this one tonight (and for many nights to come). #Shelfie #TBR
Parable of the Sower book by Octavia Butler.
April 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Garden update, week 4: The onion family seedlings are still doing great. My sweet potato has sprouted, as have my tomatoes, peppers, cauliflower, and broccoli. So far, so good! Can’t wait to get these babies into the earth. Patience.

#VegetableGardening #GardenProgress #Seedlings #Zone5b
Seedling tray filled with onion family seedlings under grow lights. Seedling tray with a sprouting sweet potato under grow lights. Seedling tray full of tomato, pepper, cauliflower, and broccoli seedlings under grow lights.
March 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Garden update, week 3: The onion family is well underway now and will be due for a trim soon. New seed starts include broccoli, cauliflower, peppers, and tomatoes. Also trying my hand at sprouting some sweet potato slips this year.

#VegetableGardening #SeedStarting #GardenProgress #Zone5b
Onion seedlings on a plant tray under grow lights. Plant tray filled with seed starts on a heat mat and under a seed tray dome and grow lights.
March 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Very excited for my next read. Just finished The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin, and what an amazing trilogy that was. That one is going to stay with me for a very long time. This book feels like a nice shift and timely too.
Book cover for Wintering: The power of rest and retreat in difficult times by Katherine May. Burnt orange background with a light orange leaf created with small dots and surrounded by small dots representing snow.
March 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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#WhatsForDinner tonight: Spinach, Mushroom & Ricotta Flatbreads.

#HomemadeMeals #LetsEat #Foodie
Spinach, mushroom and ricotta flatbread with balsamic glaze.
March 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM