Here’s a fun one for you: weed dating.
“How will I ever meet someone in this concrete jungle?” laments the lonely plantain …
Photo of broadleaf plantain by Ernst Schütte via Wikimedia Commons
Just kidding. Weed dating is not a service for unloved plants (or any other recently legalized vegetation).
It’s a newfangled way for earthy singles to meet and mingle within their comfort zone …
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… the farm, of course!
“Weed dating is the gardener’s version of speed dating, where singles meet over a vegetable bed and dig together for a few minutes before moving onto the next person, some even learning about the plants they are tending,” reports NBC News.
A woman wistfully awaits her weed date …
Photo by Jack Delano via Wikimedia Commons
(where is he?)
as she dares to dream of what could be …
Tee-hee!
All giggles aside, though, weed dating is turning out to be a wonderful way for people to connect in person rather than online (ick) in a wholesome environment rather than, say, a bar (double ick).
How cute is this?
And, who knows? Weed daters might just sow a match made to last!
American Gothic by Grant Wood, 1930, via Wikimedia Commons
Want to host a Weed Dating event at your farm this year? Check out the way they do it at Earth Dance Farm.
This is a wonderful idea and a perfect venue to meet people who love the same things as you do. You know what? In the video, there was a split second picture of a host of apples laid out on a large paper for identification. It looks EXACTLY like the photos this past year of John Bunker’s booth at the Unity Festival in Maine where he always hosts a booth for people to come and bring their yard apples for identification! Maybe it was him??
Great Idea! I’d read about it and think its a very viable alternative to internet dating,or just a great way to meet like minded folks. Usually when I get to talking about my seed business and farmette, people start to yawn or roll their eyes. It would be great to meet people who are coming from where I am coming, ya know?
***Note: one of my worst blind dates ever. A friend fixed me up with his brother who ran a seed business. I knew the farm and was sure this was doable . Imagine my horror when he told me he was a big mucky muck at the dreaded GMO MONSANTO SEEDS ! I am strictly organic and anti-GMO. We started arguing right in front of his lovely custom barn and nearly came to blows within minutes. My friend had to pull us apart and drive me home pronto !
Hee hee, I thought you meant using weeds to date something, like using tree rings.