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Growing community (and food) on a roof

May 30, 2021
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Community building, Gardening

This is a love letter to the roof garden community that has nourished me and helped grow my family over the past decade....

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By Kerrie
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Hi there, I’m Kerrie, and I created Trusting Wilder to share stories about experiments I've started doing in trusting my gut. In the photo above, that’s me, relaxing on a cushy bed of moss in the forest that was calling to me - a soothing invitation I would have ignored until recently. I’m super curious about what happens when we listen to and act from our wild inner voices! As my family moves from the city to our new, island homestead, I’ll share what I’m learning about sustainable living, homelearning, and wellbeing.

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Time for some rest. Look forward to re-connecting

Time for some rest. Look forward to re-connecting once it feels good for my brain.

#rest
#screenbreak

I may be hooked on a new way to build. It kind of

I may be hooked on a new way to build. It kind of blows my mind that you can build a building (home, shed, sauna, greenhouse, etc.) out of earth. Natural building utilizes materials like clay, sand, straw, wood chips and recycled items like glass bottles. And the @mudgirlscollective brings people together to learn and build. I had the opportunity to join a workshop recently and it was super fun and educational. Thanks @mudgirlscollective 💕💕

We’ve been away from the garden the past couple

We’ve been away from the garden the past couple weeks so it’s pretty jungle-y. Is it gonna spiral out of control without my tending? Nah. All on it’s own the garden’s pumping out tons of tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, strawberries, green beans, and more!

It is a humbling reminder that I play just a support role here. I’ve just got to show up when I can, roll with what’s happening and keep on creating.

#gardening
#humblegardener

Vinegar pickles may be more common, but my fave pi

Vinegar pickles may be more common, but my fave pickles are fermented! Just some salty water and time lets our amazing bacterial friends turn produce into pro-biotics!

If you want to support your digestive health and preserve seasonal produce while eating yummy food, give fermenting a try.

Let me know if you want some pointers!

#lactofermentation
#preservetheharvest
#pickles
#guthealth

In addition to the garden being my love, the ocean

In addition to the garden being my love, the ocean is also my happy place. Our fam just took a break from the homestead to go play in the surf with friends. We surfed, boogie boarded, splashed and camped. And one morning I was the first awake in the tent so I snuck down to the beach, in the mist, and got in some yoga. So delightful!

It was a big leap for us as it was our first time away from the homestead as a whole family since we’ve had animals and plenty on the go in the garden. Thank you farm sitters!! It felt strange and also freeing to know that it could all go on thriving without us.

Wishing you all plenty of play this summer!

#tofino

I love growing staples like onions, potatoes and g

I love growing staples like onions, potatoes and garlic! They are pretty low maintenance and come January when the grocery store options come from as far away as China (seriously, I bought garlic from China once!), it feels pretty damn good to go shopping in our root cellar instead.

We are still working on growing all of our own veggies, but each year we get closer. These onions are the biggest we’ve grown and I’m convinced that as we improve the soil, it gets easier and easier to grow larger, healthier plants. And with more ease!

#soilhealth #soilfarmer #onions #onionharvest #gardening #growyourown

Here’s your dose of cute for the day! Constance

Here’s your dose of cute for the day! Constance (momma hen) is the best teacher. So working with her to teach the littles that our hands are friendly is the easy way to go.

#chickens
#motherhen
#regenerativegarden

I have so much respect for the resilience of plant

I have so much respect for the resilience of plants. The wet & cool June we had made the heat-loving things like cucumbers sad.

I was nervous…would we get any cucumbers this year? Oh no! I did what I could to support them, started back up plants from seed and even bought a couple seedlings from our local organic nursery. Those things were really just me fretting cuz it turns out these plants are tough as shit!

These long English cukes (and our pickling varieties and a few others) are now thriving! Whew!

And me? I’ve just gotta remember to trust in the resilience of plants.

#gardening
#cucumbers
#lessonsfromthegarden
#regenerativegardening

Growing food to feed us. Growing food to feed the

Growing food to feed us. Growing food to feed the sweet others we get to share the land with.

#covercrop
#gardening
#regenerativegardening

Plants are frigggin amazing! It still blows my m

Plants are frigggin amazing!

It still blows my mind that something that started from a small seed this spring is now **FEET** taller than me 🤯!

Kind of inspiring, right? They just need the right conditions and things can explode with growth. Are my plants showing me how to work smarter instead of harder? We’ll, shucks 😉

#gardening
#iloveplants
#Sunflowers
#hollyhocks
#regenerativegardening
#permaculture

Dried blueberries - maybe not your first thought o

Dried blueberries - maybe not your first thought of how to preserve them, but once dried they’re good on the shelf for a good long while. Plus, many of them do this funny thing where the middle dries and shrinks away from the skin leaving a layer of air in between. My kids love squishing these in hopes of hearing a popping sound.

Anything to make food preservation fun!

A big thank you to Innisvale Farm in Duncan, BC for letting us come pick berries at your beautiful patch!

#preservetheharvest
#gardeningwithkids

Permission granted, friends! You don’t need my p

Permission granted, friends! You don’t need my permission to be you, or to show up just exactly as you are without any changes, but you got it!!!

What if we all showed up without having to look perfect to be important or to be seen? Wouldn’t that be something? 🤯

#gardening
#showupforyourself
#feckperfuction

Observation is one of my superpowers. Sure, it hel

Observation is one of my superpowers. Sure, it helps me see things in the garden that need tending to, but it also has a sneaky added benefit…

Every time I remember to pause and just notice, I come across beauty. I am awed by some creature or the geometry of a flower or how the light hits a drop of dew on a leaf just so. Every.dang.Time!!!

And then? I *feel* good!

Pause - observe - feel good. I highly recommend!

#gardening
#permaculturegarden
#gardentherapy

It’s harvest season! Just a few delights from

It’s harvest season!

Just a few delights from the garden this morning…potatoes (small ones only, big ones went into the root cellar), kale, lettuces, basil, beet greens, strawberries, a few cabbages, and some sweet flowers and herbs picked and arranged by my kiddo.

#gardening
#permaculturegarden
#harvest

The garden can wait. Today I get to have lunch her

The garden can wait. Today I get to have lunch here with my kiddos.

Biggest garlic yet! My kiddo and I got to pull up

Biggest garlic yet! My kiddo and I got to pull up the first bed of garlic and reveal many extra large bulbs below. He was curious about why they were so big!!

This was our first harvest all from our own saved seed. Last year we saved the largest heads from our harvest and planted them in the fall. Those large ancestors produced an even larger crop this year. Growing them in healthy soil built with natural, regenerative methods helped too. And there’s some luck and magic in there for sure.

Growing food with kids is the best!

#gardening
#gardeningwithkids
#regenerativegardening
#permaculturegarden
#garlic
#giantgarlic

This feels good. In a world of so much strife, dig

This feels good. In a world of so much strife, digging in the dirt for our dinner with my kiddo feels right. And maybe our long ago Celtic ancestors are smiling down on our harvest of one of their traditional foods. It may seem small, but that’s all right with me.

#gardening
#gardeningwithkids
#regenerativegardening
#permaculturegarden

Do a little better each year. We’ve had strawber

Do a little better each year. We’ve had strawberries for a couple years now and had harvests, for sure, but this year is waaaay more! I’m sure plenty of that has little to do with us and more credit is due to the community of soil life that’s building in our soils. The wet spring likely helped too.

But! Covering our berries this year is new for us and we are definitely seeing almost zero berries with damage from birds or other critters.

So? Considering spraying your berries to keep critters away? Please consider choosing regenerative methods like soil building and netting at key times instead.

Happy summer berry season!

#gardening
#growhealthyfood
#gardeningwithkids
#permaculturegarden

I think it’s gonna be a good garlic year! I like

I think it’s gonna be a good garlic year! I like to pull a test bulb or two before harvesting the whole crop and this one is as big as my palm! Another win for sheet mulch beds!!

#gardening
#nodig
#regenerativegardening
#garlic

Hard packed clay, on a slope can spring to life in

Hard packed clay, on a slope can spring to life in a very short time! We built and planted these terraced beds in March and now in early July they are bursting with green, colorful flowers, and food!

If you want to know how, shoot me a message!

#polyculture
#gardening
#perennials
#permaculture

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