2024 September Edition
Tall and (Small) Tales from the Great Basin of Northeast Nevada
Is there truth of health benefits in the old adage of getting back to nature? There are a ton of studies and articles that suggest that getting back to nature may indeed provide health benefits. Getting out in nature may help you breathe better, it may help improve your sleep, reduce depression symptoms, provide exercise opportunities, as well as a myriad of other potential advantages. The beautiful fall months are a great time to take the opportunity to get back into nature and take the time to enjoy the colors of fall, as they can be spectacular!
News from the garden
September again starts off the BER months and the month of the harvest moon! Here in the high desert, we all know what that means…things start to cool off, time to harvest, collect seeds, clean up, make notes of what worked and what didn’t, because as you know, there is always next year!
Innovations and Ideas
Going on a trip for a few days and worried about keeping your plants watered? If so, this hack may be an easy idea to keep your plants happy while you enjoy your trip without worry. Fill up a used water bottle and make a hole in the cap using a nail or drill. Insert the bottle in the pot, the cap should be touching the soil but not covered by it. Water will slowly drip to keep your plants hydrated until you return.
Inner Work
Found this quote in the link below, something to think about!
Your mind is like a garden, your hobbies, habits, and routines are like plants, and your thoughts are like the water and sunlight you give your plants to grow.
What do you do to nourish the soil of your soul?
Plants in Science:
If you feel like you never have enough then you may want to consider saving seeds from your garden, in no time you will feel like you are rich! The number of seeds that many plants produce can be staggering, good thing they don’t all succeed, or we would quickly be overrun with plants!! In all seriousness though, saving seeds can be fun and many will grow the next season. Below is a cool chart to help guide you as to when the best time is to harvest seeds. Be warned, seeds may or may not grow like the plant they were harvested from, but for the most part it will be close. Remember to leave some seeds for the critters, they need to eat too!
Last, but not least: Fall Garden
It is true, by the time fall rolls around the thought of planting a fall garden may seem daunting, but for the die-hard gardener's “lettuce” talk…
Planting some lettuce and spinach seeds in the fall will usually yield a crop or two before the snow blows in, the rule of thumb is plant 60 days before the expected first frost, however you may get lucky if you start a little late, so if you haven’t already done it, find a spot or two and sow some of the seeds below to try your luck! If they freeze before you are able to harvest, they provide good ground cover and nutrients for next year's soil. Win-Win!!
Buttercrunch
Spinach
Black Seed Simpson
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