Peas and greens are starting to come up in p-patches all around Seattle.
And their growth marks a historic milestone - the 50th year of Seattle’s P Patch Community garden program.
They’re in high demand.
Hobby gardeners use the space for flowers, to experiment with what will grow in Seattle, and for some extra herbs for the salad…
But for hundreds of Seattleites, these are small farms sustaining much of their family’s food supply.
For the Iu Mien ethnic group, in particular, farming is a way of life.
We’ll meet some of them at their garden plots.