Relying on global supply chains for fruit and vegetables is a food security risk.

Cities can grow much more locally if empowered to do so.

#FoodSecurity #UrbanGrowing

Meet our new Pale Oyster Mushroom 🍄

Delicious flavour, firm texture and native to the UK.

Now available to grow with our new boxed grow kit – gift or grow your own at home.

#PaleOysterMushroom #GrowYourOwn #HomeGrownMushrooms #MushroomKit #urbangrowing

My first tomato grown from seed!! #tomatoplant #urbangrowing #growfromseed #peacefulplantrs #Growth #maturity #godsgrace
#vegetables #growvegetables #vegan #letsgrow #veggies

Photo shows a young stand of Lonicera sempervirens (coral honeysuckle just about to explode with flowers.

Photo shows Lonicera sempervirens (coral honeysuckle), a native perennial hummingbird favorite. #flowers #BloomScrolling #gardensky #gardens #gardening #GrowStuff #GardeningFeed #FlowerReport #Spring #hummingbirds #nativeplants #UrbanGardening #GardeningForWildlife, #RubyThroatedHummingbird #Archilochuscolubris

Photo shows Lonicera sempervirens (coral honeysuckle) blooms opening on a dark rainy day. #flowers #BloomScrolling #gardensky #gardens #gardening #GrowStuff #GardeningFeed #FlowerReport #Spring #hummingbirds #nativeplants #UrbanGardening #GardeningForWildlife, #RubyThroatedHummingbird #Archilochuscolubris

Photo shows Lonicera sempervirens (coral honeysuckle), blooms on a rainy day awaiting hummingbirds. #flowers #BloomScrolling #gardensky #gardens #gardening #GrowStuff #GardeningFeed #FlowerReport #Spring #hummingbirds #nativeplants #UrbanGardening #GardeningForWildlife, #RubyThroatedHummingbird #Archilochuscolubris

Lonicera sempervirens (coral honeysuckle) putting on quite the display during a dark, gloomy, & rainy week. They're hummingbird magnets.

#Gardening #gardens #NativePlants #GrowStuff #plants #pollinators #bees #UrbanGardening #UrbanGrowing #UrbanAgriculture #perennials #nature #gardeningforwildlife

Picture shows a pile of kombucha pellicle (SCOBY) on top of a compost bin prior to covering over. I really heavily on worms and soldierfly larvae to process my large composting efforts. Kombucha pellicle is a huge food draw for them and in return, ensures richer compost.

I made a regular pickup of kombucha waste for my compost / worms / soldierfly efforts. This is the pellicle...

#Compost #worms #vermiculture #soldierflies
#UrbanGrowing #ContainerGrowing #UrbanGardening
#gardensky #gardens #gardening #GrowStuff #GardeningFeed #Backyards #LawnKiller

Photo shows my bundle of 3 columnar apple trees I ordered. The bundle consisted of: 1 - Northpole™ 1 - Scarlet Sentinel™ & 1 - White Icicle™

Having limited space and underground utilities, I've been wanting to plant columnar apple trees. One Green World had a package deal for three...

#UrbanGrowing #fruit #trees
#UrbanGardening #GrowFood #Apples
#gardensky #gardens #gardening #GrowStuff #GardeningFeed #Spring #Backyards #LawnKiller

Picture shows small leaves of deeply planted potatoes in containers just sprouting up from the soil.

Potatoes chitted all winter were planted a couple of weeks ago. They have now grown up through 2 feet of soil and are poking their heads into the air.

#UrbanGrowing #ContainerGrowing #UrbanGardening #GrowFood
#gardensky #gardens #gardening #GrowStuff #GardeningFeed #Spring #Backyards #LawnKiller

Pycnanthemum muticum (clustered mountain mint or short-toothed mountain mint) waking up. It's a native plant and a pollinator magnet.

#Gardening #gardens #NativePlants #GrowStuff #plants #pollinators #bees #UrbanGardening #UrbanGrowing #UrbanAgriculture #perennials #nature #gardeningforwildlife

Photo shows a newly planted Ribes rubrum (red currant 'Red Start') starting to break bud and leaf out. Can't wait for a couple more years when we start to see food for us as well as wildlife.

Newly planted (from 2 year cuttings) Ribes rubrum (red currant 'Red Start') starting to leaf out. Eyeing later harvests for us & also critters.

#UrbanGrowing #UrbanGardening #GrowFood
#gardensky #gardens #gardening #GrowStuff #GardeningFeed #FlowerReport #Spring #Currants #FoodForAnimals #Habitat