05/14/2026
I remember ✨
When I was young 🌱
My father and I were harvesting in our garden, friends coming soon for supper 🧺
I asked him which head of lettuce to harvest 🥬
He pointed to the largest, shiniest, most resplendent lettuce in our entire garden and I asked quizzically, ‘but Dad, that’s the best one…?’
‘Exactly,’ he said ✨
Let’s get back to that 🕊️
And Friends:
I’ll always be a lil embarrassed:
Who was I hoarding that lettuce for?
Why didn’t I want to share the most gorgeous head of lettuce in our garden with beloved friends?
Dad, I’ll always be thankful that you were there to remind me, as I so often forget, to this day:
We share the best of what we have with everyone we can 🍅
We share the best of what we have with everyone we can 🌈
We share the best of what we have with everyone we can ♥️
And Friends, we’ll be sharing our seeds, transplants, stories and songs for all the seasons yet that we have breath...
..and we’re sharing them in vast, ebullient abundance now through May 23rd, don’t be shy!
Hundreds of gorgeous tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, tomatillo plants...
..and our regionally adapted seeds in gorgeous packets...
...as well as in large bags, wide open for you to receive abundant seeds to gift your community through seed libraries, community gardens, schools and other ways we practice sharing in community 🫘
Come early & stay late, think community ceremonial theater, not drop in seed swap:
🍆 Thurs, May 14 in Buffalo from 6 to 8 at 5 Loaves Farm
🥦 Friday, May 15 in Rochester 6:30 to 7:30 at the Public Market (not a Gift of Seed, drop in anytime!)
🌶️ Saturday, May 16 at Fruition from 1 to 3, wildflower & bird hike beyond the farm and potluck to follow
🥒 Tuesday, May 19 in Canandaigua from 6 to 8 at Eberhardt Center
🥕 Sat, May 23 in Rochester from noon to 3 at Greener Visions (not a Gift of Seed, drop in anytime!)
And stay tune for all manner of deliciousness on the farm all summer, Friends 🌽
Sow Seeds & Sing Songs,
Petra & the Many Possibilities of Fruition