Early Girl Urban Farm

06/16/2024

05/23/2024

Fresh hand cut Radish Shoots are a customer favorite. A popular choice for hot or cold dishes. We love to add them to spicy noodle soups, carnitas, roast beef sandwiches, avocado toast and sushi!
Have you tried Radish Shoots, how do you like to use them?

05/16/2024

Bronze Beauty - soft feathery Fennel Fronds heading to chefs this week. Culinary & medicinal uses are vast. We love the distinct licorice-y flavor and delicate visual pairing for fish, salads, baking, infusions, decoction, sauce, even liqueur.
The plant is rich in B Vitamins, calcium, iron, magnesium and manganese, and has an extremely impressive array of medicinal qualities.
It has the ability to tone, strengthen, detoxify and heal the liver; it increases bile production, aiding digestion, and is widely used as a digestive and carminative. Fennel also has anti-inflammatory and anti-spasmodic properties and so assists the immune and nervous systems. It is anti-microbial and has actions against a range of bacteria as well as various fungi and yeasts. It is diuretic and detoxifies by stimulating the production of urine and the elimination of toxins through the urine. It is said to help improve eyesight; and is a galactagogue – i.e. promotes lactation– so can be extremely beneficial to post-natal mothers.

Syrup made from fennel juice is used as a remedy for bronchial ailments and coughs. It helps to thin mucus so you can expectorate efficiently.

As a dye plant, fennel offers up lovely pale yellows to forest greens, depending on the mordant and fibre you use.

Overall, fennel is an essential food and medicine to be grown in any garden.

05/07/2024

Open for plant sales until 6 pm today!
Friday will be the last day.
Fcfs, preorders welcome

04/27/2024

Sunday May 5!

Nice selection of tomato, pepper and eggplant plants available at the farmgate TODAY 10-2pm! Come have a browse!

03/20/2024

Highly recommend 💯

Happy Spring Equinox!

The days are getting longer, the breeze is getting warmer, and the draw of the garden is becoming irresistible!

Get growing with our BC-grown seed, all open-pollinated, never GMO and always grown by farmers right here in British Columbia.

Get inspired here! https://www.bcecoseedcoop.com/collections/lettuce

02/14/2024

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Shop online anytime www.earlygirlurbanfarm.ca
Or direct message me for availability and we'll set something up for you!

02/06/2024

New short film in colaboration with our friends at Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust Seed saving is an integral part of building local food sovereignty and resilience. We are so excited to have collaborated with Syd Woodward, from Over Grow The System, to showcase local farmers and their seed pre

12/25/2023

🎅Happy Holidays!

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