30 Days of Gratitude
Posted by Janelle Carriere on
This Month We're Showing Gratitude for our Mother Earth
Follow Our Fun ‘Exploring the Garden' Learning Guide - Provided by LEGS
Explore with these Daily Inspirations from our Garden Stewards. Pick up a new book to read, some seeds from our local seed library at The Healing Muse and maybe even try a new recipe from the garden. Here are 30 ways to begin!
[you can receive seeds by mail, just send us a SASE - self stamped and self addressed envelope]
November 1 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Purple Cornflower - Echinacea purpurea, Tall, Purple North American Native, Pollinator
Feel Good Book to Read: Everything Elderberry: How to Forage, Cultivate, and Cook With This Amazing Natural Remedy by: Susannah Shmurak
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM4048468&R=4048468
Garden Recipe to Try: Elderflower Syrup
Quote to Enjoy: “Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them. ” A. A. Milne
November 2 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Common Milkweed - Asclepias syriaca , Tall, Soft Pink North American Native, Pollinator
https://garden.org/plants/view/75378/Common-Milkweed-Asclepias-syriaca/
Feel Good Book to Read: Grow your own spices: harvest homegrown ginger, turmeric, saffron, wasabi, vanilla, cardamom, and other incredible spices - no matter where you live By: Tasha Greer
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3975658&R=3975658
Garden Recipe to Try: Zucchini Lemon Cake
Quote to enjoy: “Garden as though you will live forever. ” Thomas Moore
November 3 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: African Marigold - Tagetes Erecta, Large, Yellow Flower
https://garden.org/plants/view/678590/Marigold-Tagetes-erecta-Orange-Hawaii/
Feel Good Book to Read: Medicinal Herbs of Eastern Canada: a pictorial manual By: Brenda Jones
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3913642&R=3913642
Garden Recipe to Try: Cherry Tomato sauce
Quote to Enjoy: “Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.” Luther Burbank
November 4 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Basil - Bacilicum Genovese, Herb
https://garden.org/plants/view/588446/Basil-Ocimum-bacilicum-Genovese/
Feel Good Book to Read: The Suburban Micro Farm: modern solutions for busy people. By: Amy Stross
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3720926&R=3720926
Garden Recipe to Try: Recipe: Pear Chutney
Quote to Enjoy: “A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it. ” Dogen
November 5 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Butterfly Milkweed - Asclepia Tuberosa
https://garden.org/plants/view/75379/Butterfly-Milkweed-Asclepias-tuberosa/
Feel Good Book to Read: The Living Soil Handbook: the no-till grower’s guide to ecological market gardening
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM4112615&R=4112615
Garden Recipe to Try: Green Tomato Tarts
Quote to Enjoy: “Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.” Georges Bernanos
November 6 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Calendula - Calendula Officinalis
https://garden.org/plants/view/75654/Pot-Marigold-Calendula-officinalis/
Feel Good Book to Read: The Book of the Earthworm. By: Sally Coulthard
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM4101177&R=4101177
Garden Recipe to Try: Zucchini Lasagna
Quote to Enjoy: “I know that if odour were visible, as colour is, I’d see the summer garden in rainbow clouds. ” Robert Bridges
November 7 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Blanket Flower (Native) - Gaillarda
https://garden.org/plants/view/76606/Blanket-Flower-Gaillardia/
Feel Good Book to Read: Herbal Houseplants: grow beautiful herbs - indoors! By: Susan Betz
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM4103219&R=4103219
Garden Recipe to Try: Garden Fresh Tomato Soup
Quote to Enjoy: “Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration. ” D. H. Lawrence
November 8 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Brown-Eyed Susan, Rudebeckia Triloba
https://garden.org/plants/view/78799/Browneyed-Susan-Rudbeckia-triloba/
Feel Good Book to Read: The Ecological Gardener: how to create beauty and diversity from the soil up. By: Matt Rees-Warren
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM4112606&R=4112606
Garden Recipe to Try: Dark Cherry Mulberry Jam Recipe
Quote to Enjoy: “Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are. ” Alfred Austin
November 9 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Chamomile - Matricaria chamomilla
https://www.thespruce.com/how-to-grow-chamomile-1402627
Feel Good Book to Read: The Beginner’s Guide to Growing Great Vegetables. By: Lorene Forkner
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM4072463&R=4072463
Garden Recipe to Try: Pickled Garlic Scapes Recipe
Quote to Enjoy: “The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.”Rabindranath Tagore
November 10 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Columbine (Vulgaris), Dark Purple Flower - Aquilegia Vulgaris - https://garden.org/plants/view/136675/European-Columbine-Aquilegia-vulgaris-Clementine-Dark-Purple/
Feel Good Book to Read: Unearthing the Secret Garden: The Plants and Places That Inspired. By: Marta McDowell
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM4141732&R=4141732
Garden Recipe to Try: Baked Apple
Quote to Enjoy: “A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule.” Michael Pollan
November 11 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Coneflower (Prairie) - Ratibida Columnifera
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/prairie-coneflower
Feel Good Book to Read: Winterland: Create a Beautiful Garden for Every Season. By: Cathy Rees
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM4136472&R=4136472
Garden Recipe to Try: Saskatoon Rhubarb Jam
Quote to Enjoy: “And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. ” Khalil Gibran
November 12 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Coreopsis, Yellow Tickseed - Coreopsis
https://garden.org/plants/view/738999/Coreopsis-Corey-Yellow/
Feel Good Book to Read: Outstanding American gardens : a celebration : 25 years of the Garden Conservancy By: Brenner, Marion
Garden Recipe to Try: Spicy Peach Chutney
Quote to Enjoy: “Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace. ” May Sarton
November 13 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Dill - Anethum Graveolens
https://garden.org/plants/view/75274/Dills-Anethum-graveolens/
Feel Good Book to Read: Seasons of an Amish garden : four stories By: Amy Clipston
Garden Recipe to Try: Low Sugar Red Currant Jelly
Quote to Enjoy: “Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too. ” William Cowper
November 14 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Columbine (Eastern Red) - Aquilegia Canadensis
https://garden.org/plants/view/75292/Eastern-Red-Columbine-Aquilegia-canadensis/
Feel Good Book to Read: Saladish: a crunchier, grainier, herbier, heartier, tastier way with vegetables By Ilene Rosen
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3681883&R=3681883
Garden Recipe to Try: Green Tomato Mincemeat Tarts
Quote to Enjoy: “Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth, and without light nothing flowers. ” May Sarton
November 15 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Evening primrose - Oenothera Biennis
https://garden.org/plants/view/83563/Common-Evening-Primrose-Oenothera-biennis/
Feel Good Book to Read: Sisterhood of the Enchanted Forest: Sustenance, Wisdom, and Awakening in Finland’s Karelia By: Naomi Moriyama
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM4133597&R=4133597
Garden Recipe to Try: Green Tomato Chutney
Quote to Enjoy: “From plants that wake when others sleep, from timid jasmine buds that keep their odour to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about. ” Thomas Moore
November 16 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Field Poppy (annual) - Papaver Rhoeas
https://garden.org/plants/view/86774/Field-Poppy-Papaver-rhoeas/
Feel Good Book to Read: Immune: A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive By: Philipp Dettmer
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM4111492&R=4111492
Garden Recipe to Try: Chocolate Zucchini Bread or Muffins
Quote to Enjoy: “Garden as though you will live forever. ” Thomas Moore
November 17 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Hollyhocks - Alcea rosea
https://www.bhg.com/gardening/plant-dictionary/perennial/hollyhock/
Feel Good Book to Read: The Embodied Mind: Understanding the Mysteries of Cellular Memory, Consciousness, and Our Bodies By: Thomas S. Verny
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM4133586&R=4133586
Garden Recipe to Try: Herb Butter Cookies
Quote to Enjoy: “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. ” Marcus Tullius Cicero
November 18 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Coriander / Cilantro - Coriandrum Sativum
https://garden.org/plants/view/86729/Cilantros-Coriandrum-sativum/
Feel Good Book to Read: Everyday Vitality: Turning Stress into Strength By: Samantha Boardman
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM4070321&R=4070321
Garden Recipe to Try: Sour Cherry Jelly
Quote to Enjoy: “To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour.” William Blake
November 19 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Joe Pye Weed - Eutrochium
https://garden.org/plants/view/528424/Joe-Pye-Weed-Eutrochium/
Feel Good Book to Read: The One-Straw Revolution: an introduction to natural farming By: Masanobu Fukuoka
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM2525662&R=2525662
Garden Recipe to Try: Spiced Pumpkin Bread
Quote to Enjoy: “It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. ” George Eliot
November 20 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Lettuce (Green) - Lactuca Sativa
https://garden.org/plants/view/550280/Lettuce-Lactuca-sativa-Mazur/
Feel Good Book to Read: The Modern Herbal Dispensatory: a medicine-making guide By: Thomas Easley
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3470817&R=3470817
Garden Recipe to Try: Spicy Pumpkin Soup
Quote to Enjoy: “A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit. ” D. Elton Trueblood
November 21 -
Seeds Available to Plant and Discover: Morning Glory - Ipomoea Tricolor
https://www.almanac.com/plant/morning-glories
Feel Good Book to Read: The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s new world By: Andrea Wulf
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3335338&R=3335338
Garden Recipe to Try: Mulberry Preserves
Quote to Enjoy: “A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them. ” Liberty Hyde Bailey
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