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backtothenewbasics.bsky.social
Horticulturist, ex-chef, ex-culinary arts instructor, writer. Author of "Back to the NEW Basics [of gardening]" (https://a.co/d/a1YPIil). Human companion to a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Liberal. Visit my Substack: https://joeseals.substack.com
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DID YOU KNOW?: Today, February 20, is Hoodie-Hoo Day. It’s the day for villagers to come out at noon, wave their hands in the air, and say “Hoodie-Hoo” as a good-bye to winter.

🌱🌿 #organic-gardening #summerdry #gardensky #gardening #gardeningfeed #gardens #flowers #roses #horticulture #pruning #toomanyhashtags Is it time? Roses... open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌱🌿🌾🪴 #gardensky #gardening #gardeningfeed #garden #flowers #vegetables #fruittrees #orchard #horticulture #plantbiology #plantscience #botany #biodiversity #regenerative A BIG subject for gardeners and horticulturists today... open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌱🌿 #houseplant #indoorplants #gardensky #gardenikngfeed #horticulture I've just started a new Section ("House Plants") on my Substack with this first piece about growing the may things called prayer plants: open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌾 #plantscience #plantbiology #botany And even more horticulture, ethnobotany, taxonomy, and nomenclature; this one being the most intensely nomenclatural -- Part 2 of a 3-part series on food plants of Latin America: open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌾 #plantscience #plantbiology #botany More horticulture, ethnobotany, taxonomy, and nomenclature ... Part 2 of a 3-part series on food plants of Latin America: open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌾 #plantscience #plantbiology #botany I'm a general horticulture writer. Sometimes that writing includes a serious botanical angle (particularly ethnobotany, taxonomy, and nomenclature). Hence, this 3-part series on food plants of Latin America, starting with: open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌱🌿🌾🪴 #gardensky #organic-gardening #gardening #containergardening #containerplants #gardeningfeed #flowers #horticulture open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌱🌿🌾🍽️🍜🍵 Latin American cuisine lovers and the gardeners who grow these things: this is part three of a three-part series. And this one turned into a novel (not exactly but it just may be the longest article I’ve posted to Substack). If you feel like digging in: open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...