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When Matt tells me he thinks I'm a seed hoarder, and I'm like what, why🤔?⁠⠀
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No really, though, I'm not hoarding seeds like people are hoarding TP😉 It's a collection that has been curated over many years💁🏼‍♀️ an eclectic, dirt-covered collection😜⠀
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Do you have a curated collection? ⁠⠀
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Lettuce grow salad🥬! Skip the grocery store and grow your own greens.⁠⠀
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Did you know you can begin harvesting baby lettuce leaves as early as 3-4 weeks🌱? While guys this size take about 7 weeks, I like to sprinkle varieties all over the garden every 10 days or so to cut-and-come again. ⁠⠀
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There are over a thousand varieties of lettuce, but Johnny's has a great article: How to Choose & Grow the Best Lettuce to get you started. ⁠⠀
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Here we have bottom left either Red Sails or Grandpa Admire (can't remember), back left Buttercrunch, middle Muir, and right Coastal Romaine. ⁠⠀
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Although I don't get too caught up in varieties (there are just so many), Muir is one of my all-time favorites. It is one of the most heat-tolerant lettuces. I also love Rhodos (not pictured), a Trés Fine Maraîchère type for texture.⁠⠀
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Go for a mix, like Johnny's Allstar Gourmet Mix for a quick harvest of baby leaves. Or if you're like me, you just tend to add any that catch your eye to your cart, sprinkle them in the garden, and forget what's what🤷🏼‍♀️.⁠⠀
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And most importantly: Harvest early in the morning, bring inside, and immediately submerge leaves in cool water💦. I don't know why more people don't tell ya this. If you don't you'll have a sad, droopy salad. ⁠⠀
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Last tip would be to invest in a salad spinner to dry leaves (you can get a small one for like $20, but this gal wants a big one!).⁠⠀
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👩🏼‍💻As I type this, I'm up in our loft, sitting on the floor, looking up at my bookshelf, & picking out some favs to share today🤗 Many were once suggestions to me & now I'm passing along the magic✨ We got 3 categories:⠀
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Grow & Forage⠀
📖100 Edible Mushrooms, Michael Kuo⠀
📖Cool Flowers, Lisa Mason Ziegler⠀
📖Cut Flower Garden, Erin Benzakein w/ Julie Chai⠀
📖Grow, Cook, Eat, Willi Galloway ⠀
📖The Flower Farmer, Lynn Byczynski⠀
📖The Heirloom Tomato, Amy Goldman⠀
📖The Market Gardener, Jean-Martin Fortier⠀
📖The New Organic Gardener, Eliot Coleman⠀
📖The Winter Harvest Handbook, Eliot Coleman⠀
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Seasonal Arrangements (Meals, Medicine, & Blooms)⠀
📖A Year in Flowers, Erin Benzakein w/ Jill Jorgensen & Julie Chai⠀
📖Alchemy of Herbs, Rosalee De La Forêt⠀
📖Color Me Floral, Kiana Underwood⠀
📖DIY Bitters, Guido Masé & Jovial King⠀
📖Foraged Flavor, Tama Matsuaoka Wong w/ Eddy Leroux⠀⠀
📖Making Artisan Pasta, Aliza Green⠀
📖Medicinal Herbs, Rosemary Gladstar⠀
📖Mostly Plants, Tracy, Dana, Lori, & Corky Pollan⠀
📖Six Seasons, Joshua McFadden w/ Martha Holmberg⠀
📖The All New Ball Book of Canning and Preserving⠀
📖Vegetables Illustrated⠀
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Cultivate Your Mind⠀
📖Benjamin Franklin: Am American Life, Walter Isaacson⠀
📖Conversations with God, Neale Donald Walsch⠀
📖Essentialism, Greg McKeown⠀
📖Steal Like and Artist, Austin Kleon⠀
📖The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho⠀
📖The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz⠀
📖The Lessons of History, Will & Ariel Durant⠀
📖The Nature Fix, Florence Williams⠀
📖The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg⠀
📖The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle⠀
📖The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Deepak Chopra⠀
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Reading is knowledge & knowledge is power. Will you share your favs w/ me?⠀
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When your guy surprises you with chicken nuggets😜🤗⁠⠀
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This post is to the magical #teamfloret as a HUGE thank you for helping me grow in all the ways in the #floretworkshop2020 ⁠⠀
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@floretflower @jillmjorgensen @copterchris @theflowerhat @sassafrasforkfarm @petals_ink @fielddaycreative @urbanbuds @littleboyflowers @whipstonefarm @shovingleopardfarm and anyone I may have missed.⁠ Your willingness to so-generously share your knowledge is much appreciated.⁠⠀
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Ya'all are rockstars🤙🏻⁠⠀
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Is your mind spinning in every direction lately? That's what mine does when I'm feeling anxious.⁠⠀I’m well, but wanting share what helps me in case it might help🙂
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My natural instinct is to resist feelings of anxiety by distracting myself (eating, drinking, new projects, work, whatever). And I may not even realize I'm doing this. It's oftentimes an unconscious coping mechanism . . . distraction.⁠⠀
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But even the most "healthy" distractions supply only short-term relief. The best thing I've found is to just accept and sit with it a while, and not push it away. It sounds kinda silly, but letting go of that resistance is freeing.⁠⠀
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And if I'm having a particularly difficult time, calming tea and reading help. One book that has a profoundly-calming effect on me is "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle. ⁠⠀
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If you aren't familiar with this book, yep, the title is kinda corny. When I carried it around with me, the thought of someone seeing what I was currently reading was a bit cringeworthy for me. But then again, so are a lot of things I do🤷🏼‍♀️ ⁠⠀
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These are some gems that resonated with me, so I unabashedly hold up my book jacket & read them to you:⁠⠀
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“Are you carrying in your mind the insane burden of a hundred things that you will or may have to do in the future instead of focusing your attention on the one thing that you can do now?”⁠⠀
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“Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.”⁠⠀
⁠⠀ “You can always cope with the present moment, but you cannot cope with something that is only a mind projection–you cannot cope with the future.”⁠⠀
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“Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now.”⁠⠀
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Dear, Kale: I 💚you.⁠⠀
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My pal, Allison @finchandfolly recently made some recs for proven veggies she's grown over the years. You probably already know her, but if not, check her out bc she's a gardening guru who is so generous with her knowledge. She has the rare ability to make you laugh while simultaneously making you smarter. ⁠⠀
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She says, "Overnight, our passion for gardening has swung from a delightful hobby, to one that could have the potential of providing essential food for not only you and your family, but your community as well."⁠⠀
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Gardeners love to experiment, don't we? Sometimes, our experiments are total flops . . . but we also find some real gems! ⁠⠀
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I'm taking a cue from Allison & dedicating more posts to sharing tried-n-true gems & why I love them with you.⁠⠀
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Enter my favorite kale: Toscana (Dinosaur or Lacinato). It's hard to believe something this nutritious is so simple to grow.⠀
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• Easy peasy⠀
• Come & cut again⁠ (harvest young or mature)⁠⠀
• Cold-hardy, extremely resilient, & even holds up in our hot summers⁠⠀
• Amazing taste–sweeter & less bitter than other types⁠⠀
• Superfood–⁠whfood gives 19 standout categories of nutrient richness! That achievement is difficult for most foods to match.⠀
• Cholesterol-lowering, cancer-preventing, ant-inflammatory⠀
• Research has shown that this variety has higher levels of glucosinolates (helps regulate detox at a genetic level)⁠⠀
• Tops the list in lutein content (important for eye health)⁠⠀
• Easier to clean than curly kale⁠⠀
• Hearty leaves hold up to cooking (I literally get teased for throwing kale in e'rythang)⁠⠀
• Hearty leaves store longer than other tender greens⁠⠀
• Hearty leaves hold up in salad dressing for dayyzz⁠⠀
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Can you tell I heart these leaves?⁠⠀
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