HeyJaredNorthern Grower
Unraveling the life I live. Weaving gardening, nature, seasonal living, food and faith into authentic, written words from the heart. °Northern Wisconsin
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My only paid subscriber ghosted me. (opens the original)
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I joined Substack because it was somewhere to put my words. Since I was a little girl, I was a writer. In the second grade, I wrote a book for show and tell about best friends who got separated from their class during a camping field trip. I kept embarrassing diaries that definitely got thrown out after my sister read my honest words outloud. As I grew, I continued to write and I won a few contests, received a little recognition, was published in a few teen bulletins and such. Teachers encourage
Homecooked Therapy (opens the original)
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How I Made Calendula Salve with Deer Tallow (opens the original)
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The words lean in have been echoing in my spirit for some time now. Leaning in, as I put it, can be compared to embracing.. embracing the season, embracing surroundings, resources, timing and overall availability. It's working with the complexities of life rather than against, which sounds a lot like the system that is, permaculture. Sign me up for a permaculture life.When I pressed the shell-like seeds of calendula into seed trays last April, I imagined I would make a healing skin salve with th
Let's Talk About Seed Saving in The North (opens the original)
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Sowing seed claims all the good metaphors, but seed saving might be the most hopeful thing we can do. My gardening path continues to broaden. What began as a raised bed garden in a suburban backyard has grown into an in-ground, homestead garden with all the space for dreaming. I grow not only for food, but for medicine and pollinators. I have a growing interest in native plants. The more I learn about this multifaceted word we call gardening, the more plans I make and the more often I ask myself
The Good Work of Gardening (opens the original)
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The best shower awaits after a long stretch of dirty, sweaty, outdoor labor. If dirt swirls around the drain and I have new tan lines, it must have been a hard won day of good work.But I know that in this culture, work is synonymous with drudgery. It's a wheel to run on to (maybe) make ends meet. It's a curse, a burden, something to get through. But that is not how it's supposed to be. Work was intended to bless us, to enrich our lives and connect us. All gardeners have an origin story. Maybe ca
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