09/11/2026
These heirloom seeds have responded powerfully to our first planting. During the initial tilling, we found lots of worms 🪱, a great sign that we’re working with healthy, living soil, not just dirt.
We just had our first basil harvest of a couple of pounds, and there’s something about the fresh aroma of basil that makes our gardeners want to perform backflips! It also looks like we have dozens of Tabasco peppers 🌶️ forming, useful for a fun experiment with homemade salsa this fall.
And of course, we have hundreds of beans, numerous cucumbers 🥒, corn 🌽, bell peppers 🫑, and plenty of tomatoes 🍅 coming along. The squash are still a few weeks out!
One of the best parts of this food sovereignty garden has been sharing the harvest. We’ve enjoyed giving vegetables away at evening talking-circle meetings, NA and AA meetings, and sharing fresh produce with elders & relatives throughout the community.
Next year, we plan on upscaling this garden, as well as assisting the Bear Soldier District 🐻 with planting their food sovereignty garden at the new Food Distribution Center. Let’s continue to stack wins for a healthy and thriving recovery community!
