As a clinical therapist in a New Mexico Pueblo, Jennifer talks about the healing properties of gardening and seed saving within the culture of her people. The piece is 16 min long; listen to it as you answer your emails or just sit back and hear this gentle soul describe her fear of losing, not only the seed, but the stories, songs, and agricultural practices surrounding them. For another perspective on similar information, read my article from October 19, “Heirloom Seeds, Garden Knowledge, and Folklore.”
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Bitter Lettuce and Talking Plants
_______________________I go into my Arizona garden each morning with a knife and a colander to gather the day’s harvest. _______________________
I bend over to slice the central stem of a pretty, green, loose-leaf lettuce. White liquid pools up in a circle on the severed stalk. I hesitantly guide a leaf into my mouth to taste.
“Ptooey!” I spit it on the ground.
Why does lettuce turn bitter?
It has to do with the turning of the earth over eons of time. Continue reading Bitter Lettuce and Talking Plants
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Join me at these events!
Look for me and my book, Baskets for Butterflies,
at these garden events.
Oct 10/11 (Sat/Sun):
Rocker 7 Farm Patch (Fall Festival & farmers’ market
19601 W. Broadway Rd. (Buckeye)
I have a vendor table (selling & signing books) from 9am-6pm
I’m teaching a class at noon (Heirloom Gardening/also selling & signing Baskets for Butterflies)
Oct 17 (Sat)
Metro Tech Fall Festival and Plant Sale
1900 W. Thomas Rd. (Phoenix)
I have a vendor table (selling & signing books) from 8am-1pm
Oct 18 (Sun)
Rocker 7 Farm Patch (Fall Festival & farmers’ market)
19601 W. Broadway Rd. (Buckeye)
I’m teaching a class at noon (Heirloom Gardening/also selling & signing Baskets for Butterflies)
Oct 24/25 (Sat/Sun)
Rocker 7 Farm Patch (Fall Festival & farmers’ market)
19601 W. Broadway Rd. (Buckeye)
I’m teaching a class at noon (The Fall Garden/also selling & signing Baskets for Butterflies)
Oct 31/Nov 1 (Sat/Sun)
Rocker 7 Farm Patch (Fall Festival & farmers’ market)
19601 W. Broadway Rd. (Buckeye)
I’m teaching a class at noon (Seed Saving/also selling & signing Baskets for Butterflies)
Nov 7/8 (Sat/Sun)
Rocker 7 Farm Patch (Fall Festival & farmers’ market)
19601 W. Broadway Rd. (Buckeye)
I’m teaching a class at noon (Garden Mistakes/also selling & signing Baskets for Butterflies)
I hope to see you there!
Gnome's Heirloom Garden (Organic) 