Spirit Store

If consumption is a necessary aspect of modern life, which, of course, it is, then Precycle is where all of my grocery spending dollars would be left, if it were practical and feasible.  A supermarket that eliminates all packaging?  Yes, please!  Totally in line with my philosophy and the direction in which I've been trying to move for two decades.  Now, if only they'd open an outpost on the Upper East Side.

(As an aside, Brooklyn, yet again, seems to be my spirit borough - it being the locale of Precycle.  Sigh.  Still fighting that one.)

In that vein, on the plant front, seeds without packaging ... straight from the source in Carl Schurz Park.  Decided to take a stroll out to forage for some seeds from some of the specimens I've been eyeing.  Double-petaled hibiscus was a successful target.

Double-petaled hibiscus specimen in Carl Schurz Park, against tonight's pretty pink and purple evening sky.

Those seeds will go into the planter that just received the little baby hibiscus plants that sprang from the hedge at the Mother Garden (the best source of no-packaging plantlings if there ever was one).  If they all take and survive the winter, well, we'll deal with culling decisions if they need to be made when that bridge looms - happily too far off at the moment.

Hibiscus seedlings, from the hedge at the Mother Garden, originally from Neighbor Lady's since culled hibiscus.

Seeds from the green shiso formerly in the planter now housing the hibiscus seedlings.  That shiso was the last survivor, all the leaves having been eaten and all its neighbors gone into my belly.  Now, question is whether the shiso seeds can be consumed, whether their omega-3 potential can be tapped.

Also in the Jardin today, dianthus seeds were gathered and cast.  To a more prolific year for the dianthus in 2020!  Tomorrow some will be gathered and kept inside as a hedge.

Dianthus seeds - from an especially productive pod.  The moss cover was pulled back and the seeds scattered beneath onto the soil.  Little plants from seeds planted earlier in the year seem to have taken, and little baby dianthus plants have emerged through the moss; they won't survive the winter, but nice to know the seeds are good and the technique the correct one.