#ClimateChangeGardening #ClimateDiary #ClimateChange #FoodSecurity #Gardening #permaculture #NativePlants #food #cooking #foraging #organic #sustainability #hurricane #Tropicalstorm 🧵🪡 This thread is about plants that I tried this year and won’t try again next year as well as ones that did really well. East coast North America, zone 8/9, rainfall 120cm. *Updated with pics

12/ Katuk. Consistent producing perennial. I use this plant a lot. I cut a couple of sprigs with leaves on them for salad nearly every single day. Can also be cooked. It needs to be brought indoors in winter. Since it’s in a pot, it does need to be fertilized occasionally with nitrogen-rich fertilizer. Can use compost or grow beans as companions for this. Not a major water hog. Survived tropical storms ok. Gets eaten by rabbits so needs to be caged.

@malterod it really grows the best in mostly sun/part sun and warm temps. Indoors in winter, it doesn’t grow very much. When you trim it back for winter, you can dry the leaves to add to sauces,soups or powder to add to flour.