01 Amaranth Growing From Outside Perimeter Of Water Garden

02 Amaranth Seeds On Water Lettuce

03 Harvesting Amaranth And Collecting In 5 Gallon Bucket

04 Using Pruning Shears To Cut Amaranth Stems

05 Using Pruning Shears To Cut Amaranth Stems 01

06 Using Pruning Shears To Cut Amaranth Stems 02

07 5 Gallon Bucket Full Of Harvested Amaranth

Harvesting Amaranth From Above Ground Pool Chinampa Island Water Garden

I've been growing amaranth at almost every site I've worked on for over 10 years. It has been a staple source of leafy greens and nutrient dense seeds. It's very independent and once a seasons plantings are established, they often re-seed themselves in a very prolific way.

Here I'm harvesting one of the tallest plants I've yet grown. It was the only one out of many that I planted around the outer perimeter of this 16 foot diameter above ground pool chinampa island water garden pond. I was very grateful it got established because it's yield at harvest filled a whole bucket. I simply clipped the tree-like branches off and cut them down to size to fit in a 5-gallon bucket.

I harvested the greens and the seeds were put in small packets and shipped out as gift items included with my final vinyl 12" record album release.