Rainbow's End Humboldt

05/31/2026

It’s been a busy week on the farm. Hope everyone is having a peaceful weekend. ✨🕊️✨

05/30/2026

With Shel Silverstein – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

This one is a lifetime in the making.

05/23/2026

It’s not even up for debate. 🌹🌸💐

05/08/2026

With Shel Silverstein – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers!

I’ve loved his books from a very young age. Rainbow’s End is one of those magical places “Where The Sidewalk Ends”. . This is a high honor. So excited to find this page. 🥳👏🏼🎊🙌🏼🍾🎈🎁🥂🪅🎉

05/08/2026

Great news from the greenhouse…

The next round of seeds is officially in the dirt. 🌿☀️

Summer squash is on the way.

Right now it may not look like much:
just trays,
soil,
labels,
water,
light.

But every season begins like this.

Quietly.

Before the leaves.
Before the harvest.
Before the abundance.

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This stage always reminds me of something important:

You don’t plant seeds because you already see the fruit.

You plant because you understand the process.

The dirt doesn’t panic when nothing has sprouted yet.

It knows what’s happening underneath the surface.

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Out here on the Lost Coast, the land teaches patience better than any classroom ever could.

Preparation matters.
Timing matters.
Conditions matter.

And growth rarely announces itself all at once.

First comes the rooting.

Then the breakthrough.

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Here’s to the next round at Rainbow’s End.

The summer garden is waking up.

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Where Hope Takes Root 🌿

05/08/2026

Remember the seedling that went searching?

The one with transplant shock?

The one that stretched too far looking for water and struggled when it came time to transition?

Well…

Look at it now.

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Not perfect.
Not untouched.
Not instantly recovered.

But rooted.

The older leaves still tell the story of the stress it went through. You can see the weathering if you look closely.

But the center?

The center is alive and reaching upward again.

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That’s the thing about transplant shock.

It can look like failure from the outside when really it’s just the process of adaptation.

Some plants need extra recovery time after the move.

Some people do too.

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The important part isn’t whether the transition was smooth.

The important part is whether the roots finally decided to hold.

And once they do…

Growth returns naturally.

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Out here on the Lost Coast, the land keeps teaching the same lesson over and over again:

Strong roots are patient.

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Where Hope Takes Root 🌿

04/29/2026

Will you?

Celebrate with Shel Silverstein—print this poem from Falling Up, tuck it in your pocket, and share a little poetry wherever you go. Who will you surprise with a poem today?

04/28/2026

How does she tell time without a clock?! ⏰

04/27/2026

Freshly transplanted at Rainbow’s End 🌱

There’s something special about this stage.

We set these tomatoes deep… letting the root nodes along the stem do what they were designed to do. Every point becomes potential. Every inch below the soil line strengthens the foundation.

That’s how you grow a plant that can actually carry the weight of what’s coming.

Roma, Beefsteak, and two heirloom beauties:
Brandywine & Black Krim.

All moved into larger pots so they have room to stretch, settle, and build a strong root ball before heading into their next home.

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Grown with care, right here at Rainbow’s End
Humboldt.

Where Hope takes root 🌿

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If you’ve got space in your garden this season, now’s a good time to get them established.