Fruition Seeds

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

“…but surely someone needs this more than me?”

One of my favorite moments of Fruition’s first annual bulk seed gifting gathering, sharing seeds with seed libraries and community gardens, schools & so many other flavors of mutual aid, was the moment when someone whispered in my ear:

“Are you afraid people will take more than they need?”

“Ohhhhh, listen!” I said. “Our beloved friend and mentor Adam Wilson taught us to listen for a phrase people often say, when offered a gift — something not needing to earned, bought, bartered or otherwise controlled:

“…but surely someone needs this more than me?”

And sure enough, he reported a lil more than an hour later that he needed more than two hands to count how many times he had heard gracious paraphrases spoken aloud around those long, seed-laden tables 🌿

And Friends, we’ve heard it innumerable times across countless circumstances and this is among the reasons why we haven’t given up on our species yet:

“…but surely someone needs this more than me?”

The words of a heart keeping other hearts in mind. A life whose life is intertwined with all life. A person choosing connection and care often over perhaps even their own comfort:

“…but surely someone needs this more than me?”

Can you imagine hearing these words walking down a grocery store aisle? Especially when something is on sale?

These words are deeper in our bones than the need for dollars:

“…but surely someone needs this more than me?”

When will you hear these words next? How will your actions inspire them in little ways and large?

Sow Seeds & Sing Songs,

Petra & the Many Possibilities of Fruition 🌱

ps

We’re gifting seeds and transplants both on the farm & beyond throughout May, take a peek at our gatherings, hop on our email for personal invitations and see(d) you soon 🎉