There is a sort of beauty to be found in the meaningful, absolutely! But it is not necessarily an aesthetic beauty - not in my house anyway - which I think is what someone like Morris was more concerned with. I think there’s value in recognising the virtues of ugly things, without them necessarily needing to be beautiful.
I just needed the final push over the line to start using heirloom seeds in my veggie garden. Here in Australia, we have wonderful Digger's Seeds and they make a huge effort to provide heirloom seeds of many plants to the marketplace.
TBH, (and I've been shamefully ignorant) this is the first time I've read that heirloom seeds can contribute to real biodiversity and I think it's that more than anything that has pushed me in the direction I need to go. Thanks so much, Dan.
There’s no shame in ignorance on this subject - it isn’t something that gets much press, which I find baffling actually considering there’s so much chatter about the biodiversity crisis on one hand, and native vs non-native on the other. You’d think seeds would get a look in too! I wish you well in your heirloom-growing efforts!
If an object is meaningful, is it not beautiful?
There is a sort of beauty to be found in the meaningful, absolutely! But it is not necessarily an aesthetic beauty - not in my house anyway - which I think is what someone like Morris was more concerned with. I think there’s value in recognising the virtues of ugly things, without them necessarily needing to be beautiful.
Was going to be my comment. Beautiful is a subjective term ♥️
You’re quite right about that!
I just needed the final push over the line to start using heirloom seeds in my veggie garden. Here in Australia, we have wonderful Digger's Seeds and they make a huge effort to provide heirloom seeds of many plants to the marketplace.
TBH, (and I've been shamefully ignorant) this is the first time I've read that heirloom seeds can contribute to real biodiversity and I think it's that more than anything that has pushed me in the direction I need to go. Thanks so much, Dan.
Viva the tomaten!!!!!!!!
There’s no shame in ignorance on this subject - it isn’t something that gets much press, which I find baffling actually considering there’s so much chatter about the biodiversity crisis on one hand, and native vs non-native on the other. You’d think seeds would get a look in too! I wish you well in your heirloom-growing efforts!
I always try to hold off from buying too many seeds but now I feel like I MUST buy more seeds – if I don't grow these heirlooms, who will!?!?!?
And thanks for the Rootbound shout-out, as always!