An American citizen, an attorney for a protestor, detained at the airport on his way back from the airport - phone searched. What stage of authoritarianism is this? 🇺🇸 www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Sara M-K
@saraedits.bsky.social
Editor, mostly in academia. Particular expertise in public health, Asian studies, history, and social sciences. Also mom, spouse, gardener, DIYer, nature lover, etc.!
I did a big tomato prune yesterday. So satisfying! #pruning #tomatoes #gardening open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Pruning tomatoes to survive humidity
Pruning is frightening when you’re not accustomed to it.
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Actually not exactly sure what this is, but it’s delicious! open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Korean jeon: the perfect use for almost any garden green
Courtesy of ¾ inches of rain last night, I hardly even had to water today - just some little sprinkles to keep newly planted seeds moist.
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I know some people feel weird about front yard gardening, but I’ve discovered it draws more interest and approval from neighbors than expected. #gardening #frontyardgarden #nativeplants #veggiegarden open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
(Garden) party in the front: gardening where everyone can see you
Today I spent some time gardening in the front yard.
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I did my first serious lettuce harvest today. Delicious! #lettuce #vegetablegarden open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Lettuce harvest!
I didn’t spend much time in the garden today, but I did harvest lettuce to have with our dinner - my first major lettuce harvest!
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What has my garden been up to? Tomatoes, muscadine vines, and more #gardening #zone9b open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Back in the garden after the flu
The flu really knocked me out.
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It’s been a bit! It turns out that flu really knocks you off your feet. But the garden survived, and we emerged to find full-blown spring. Back to garden writing Tuesday! #gardening #redbud #flowers #zone9gardening
Despite still having the flu, I managed a garden task: potting up these native inland sea oats. #nativeplants #gardening #gardeningwiththeflu open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Inland Sea Oats - native grass that likes shade
Today we still have the flu, because that’s how flus work, but I’m determined not to leg to of my gardening or writing about gardening streak, so I up-potted some seedlings of inland sea oats while ou...
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2025’s first garden harvest: green onions for Korean rice porridge, because we have the flu #gardening #harvest #flu #닭죽 open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
First Harvest of 2025
The first harvest of 2025 was also my only gardening today except for turning on the grow lights for some flower seedlings.
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I have no words. He's destroying our country. Greed and chaos. Our national forests are our treasures. No wonder he didn't hesitate to fire so many forest service employees. You don't need to maintain what you no longer have. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber
President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species
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Gardening with allergies - can be done, not always fun! Six things I do to make it work for me. #gardening #allergies open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Gardening with allergies
I didn’t expect to do much in the garden today.
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I made a big change from last year to this year that should give me more success with leeks: I planted them instead of letting them dry and wither in a paper bag! #leeks #vegetablegrdening #gardening #zone9b open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Growing leeks in my new garden beds
Today was spent tending the other thing I’m growing - my kids.
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Wrote this one on my phone so couldn’t (as far as I know) change the cover photo. Clearly not lettuce! But it was a good and busy day in my garden. #lettuce #garden #zone9b open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Lettuce alone
I don’t know, I just can’t stop with the puns in titles.
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Gardening’s not all roses. Today’s accomplishment? Cardboard #gardening #landscaping #sheetmulching #nolawns open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Of mulch and men
a cardboardy day
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Finally real spring is here - time to get into the garden. #gardening #zone9b #springgarden open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Second spring
and the rewards of being slow
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This is a great tool for seeing the impact of NIH on your state! www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
I’m delving my misspent youth for a new project: open.substack.com/pub/retrochr... #exvangelical #christian
This okra has limped along into January down here in Houston but I think we’re at the end of the road! #gardening #zone9b
