It requires a lot of skill and patience, not to mention hard work and you are rewarded with a harvest of yam to eat. The top where the shoot was is the part you plant again and the rest is what you eat.
Rasta Food
Rastafarians dont eat pig or shellfish and the staples of their diet are ground provisions like yam, dasheen and potato. Ancient Abyssinian cabbage, amaranth, mustard, yams and gungu peas. Learn about many Rasta food plants and how to grow them yourself.
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Cinderella Pumpkin – Grow your own
Follow these basic rules. Only grow one Cucubita maxima species in your garden. This way it is isolated from other pumpkins. If you are in a suburban area check that your neighbours aren’t growing other varieties of pumpkin nearby to avoid cross-pollination.
Pigeon Pea or Gungu Bean a staple food for humble Rasta Garden
As a food crop Gungu Bean is usually grown as an annual plant, but it is a perennial and will grow for several years into small trees.It is an excellent for planting with cereals and other crops.
Jah Blue Pepper Hot Jamaican Chilli
This really is an extraordinary chilli and although dangerously hot is delicious. Take out the seeds and make sure you wash your hands after handling it.
Rice and Peas Jamaican Rasta Medicinal Food
Beans were once called Miracle Herbs because they not only purified the blood, but also strengthened the heart, veins and kidneys by encouraging good circulation
Jamaican Tropical Fruits as Medicine
Travellers often feel like they have been to a health farm after a visit to Jamaica, especially if they eat the local Jamaican Rasta diet.
Jamaican Calaloo Amaranth Plant
What is Amaranth? Leaf amaranth grows all over the world but is prominent among Jamaican plants and is cooked like spinach or silverbeet.
Bitter Greens herbs and teas for cure and prevention of disease
Bitter flavours are very important in our diet. Bitter greens, herbs and teas can introduce them to our diet and promote good health. Antiparastic they help clean the blood and stimulate the bile duct.
Plantain a delicious staple food for your Rasta Ital Garden
Plantains are a staple food in the tropical regions of the world, but can be grown in sub-tropical regions, and are treated in much the same way as potatoes and with a similar neutral flavour and texture when unripe.
Rasta Ground Provisions for a Healthy Nutritious Ital Diet
Ground Provisions provide a staple food and ensure nutrition in times of scarcity as all are grown underground and store food in their swollen modified roots and stems.
Ethiopian Cabbage for your Rasta Garden
Ethiopian Cabbage is a beautiful large open leafed cabbage that grows to a height of about 1.5m and a width of about 1m with small yellow flowers.
Rastas Grow Okra from Ethiopia
Okra is a delicious vegetable that originated in Eritrea in Ethiopia and parts of the Sudan, Mali and Burkina Faso. It spread further north in Africa, and across to India very early.