Episode 004: Adaptive Gardening for Chronic Illness and Disability, and Dandelions with Jolie Ann Flora

Jolie Ann Flora, a queer, disabled gardener, believes that anyone can garden no matter their background or physical ability. There's no such thing as a "born" green thumb, she says; you can learn to garden and connect with nature whatever your starting place, and Jolie's book can help you. She shares how her own adaptation to chronic illness--by applying her background as a horticultural therapist to her own life--actually brought her a new level of happiness in gardening and attunement to nature in general. We talk about how resilient and adaptive dandelions are as well! Free stuff from Jeanell's site: https://www.somagaiahealing.com/free-stuff/ Jolie's book, "The Gardening Goddess' Guide to Edible Gardening in Portland:" https://bookshop.org/a/98335/9780578505053 Myalgic encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome info: https://www.meaction.net/ Chonic pain anonymous: https://chronicpainanonymous.org/ Masanobu Fukuoka's One Straw Revolution book: https://bookshop.org/a/98335/9781590173138