Hi Plant Friends, this whole episode that you're about to hear with Kola from Black in the Garden is pre-recorded, but you have been on my mind and I just wanted to hop on here before I release the fully recorded episode to say, man, man, plan friends. We are in some scary times right now, some trying times

with this pandemic kind of taking over our country

and our world, and a lot of us have been spending a lot of time indoors lately.

Me, I'm on my fourth day of being indoors in a row. I'm in New York City with Billy.

And I just wanted to take a minute to say my

plan friends my heart is with you I have been thinking about you a lot I'm

fortunate enough that I've been able to talk with you guys and check in with you on Facebook and on the

Patreon page and on Instagram, but I just wanted to send my love to you and my wish for health and

peace and just to encourage you all to take care of each other

this has been a really interesting week for me I'm finding that I'm feeling more of a sense of

community this week in isolation than I have when I have not been isolated.

And seeing you all support each other and what people are doing to promote small businesses who are getting affected and take care of the kids who can't go to school and get their lunches.

Like seeing these beautiful acts of kindness amidst this very scary time has been incredibly moving for me and I'm just inspired by all of you and I'm thinking of all of you and I'm just wishing you all so much health, so much safety, so much peace and a lot of time with your plants, plant friends.

I'm on my fourth or fifth day of quarantine, and I've been spending a lot of time with my plants.

I've been prepping them for spring.

I'm making a lot of video content for you guys trapped in my apartment for a bit

which I can't wait to bring to you but I encourage you to lean into this beautiful

hobby that we have right now if you are home and you are practicing distancing or isolation or if you are quarantined,

take this time, take a minute. You know, I'm binge watching the West Wing and I'm finding myself you know on episode 7 to just

pause West Wing for a minute and just sit with my plants and notice their leaves and just

have a meditative moment.

We're so fortunate that we have this hobby that can bring us back to ourselves and bring us some peace.

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