Meaning
The plot of land on which a family grows its 'ground provisions' (yam, dasheen, sweet potato) and other food. The term carries deep history: under slavery, the enslaved were given marginal plots — provision grounds — to grow their own food, and from these grew a whole independent food economy, the Sunday markets, and the tradition of self-provision that survives today.
Examples
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Di family grow dem food pon di provision ground.
The family grows their food on the provision ground.
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Slave time, people feed demself from di provision ground.
In slavery times, people fed themselves from the provision grounds.
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Him plant yam an coco pon di provision ground.
He plants yam and dasheen on the provision plot.
Origin
From 'provision' (food) + 'ground'; the food-growing plot, rooted in the slavery-era provision grounds. See [[ground]], [[grung-provision]].
How it’s used
The family food-growing plot; historically the enslaved's self-provision plots. See [[ground]], [[grung-provision]].