{"id":53,"date":"2024-02-07T06:41:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T06:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebeesweeds.ca\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2024-07-01T07:50:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T07:50:06","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thebeesweeds.ca\/?page_id=53","title":{"rendered":"So, you grow flowers?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When I&#8217;m not studying &#8211; yes! After a third-of-life crisis, I returned to school for Earth &amp; Environmental Science. It&#8217;s totally out of my wheelhouse (my first degree is in interior design), <strong>and I love it<\/strong>. So much so, that I&#8217;m pursuing graduate studies to hopefully focus on regional biodiversity, ecosystem resilience, and landscape restoration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of my studies, I&#8217;ve been researching freshwater and nutrient cycles, soil health, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, the value of place-identity, and about sustainable agricultural systems. My garden is a reflection of ALL of it. And it is my love letter to the Okanagan, of course! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" src=\"http:\/\/thebeesweeds.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6429.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>I am so grateful for my garden in keeping me grounded while I navigate being back in university, and trying to keep up with average adult responsibilities (ya know?). So, if I&#8217;m not studying, chances are good I&#8217;m planning, seed shopping, starting seeds, or roasting in the sunshine, cutting flowers! A girl&#8217;s gotta make a living somehow, and this one reminds me of my late grandma.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It goes without saying that I do not use herbicides or pesticides in my garden. I&#8217;m building soil with compost, aged sheep manure, and organic soil amendments as necessary. I do my best to support the whole ecosystem, allowing  natural resilience to fight pest pressure, and building habitat for local species. <strong>And I always leave a portion of my blooms in the garden for the bees.<\/strong> Especially the native ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I&#8217;m not studying &#8211; yes! After a third-of-life crisis, I returned to school for Earth &amp; Environmental Science. It&#8217;s totally out of my wheelhouse (my first degree is in interior design), and I love it. So much so, that I&#8217;m pursuing graduate studies to hopefully focus on regional biodiversity, ecosystem resilience, and landscape restoration. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebeesweeds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebeesweeds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebeesweeds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebeesweeds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebeesweeds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/thebeesweeds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232,"href":"https:\/\/thebeesweeds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions\/232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebeesweeds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}