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Perennial Optimist

Years ago, when my children were young, they picked out a gift for me. It was a t-shirt that had a picture of flowers and the words, “Perennial Optimist.” They didn’t know what perennial optimist meant, they just thought I would like the flowers on it. Perennials are the plants that come back in the […]

WRITTEN BY: Patrice Powers-Barker, OSU Extension, Lucas County, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator

REVIEWED BY: Misty Harmon, OSU Extension, Perry County, Family and Consumer Sciences

PHOTO CREDITS:

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SOURCES:

  • Degges-White, S. (2022). Ditch toxic positivity for tragic optimism. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/lifetime-connections/202205/ditch-toxic-positivity-tragic-optimism
  • Harmon, M. (2023). Hope is a strategy. Live Healthy Live Well. Ohio State University. https://livehealthyosu.com/2023/02/02/hope-is-a-strategy/
  • Kaufman, S. B. (2021). The Opposite of Toxic Positivity. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/08/tragic-optimism-opposite-toxic-positivity/619786/
  • Know the life cycles of plants — annuals, biennials and perennials. Oregon State University Extension. https://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/techniques/know-life-cycles-plants-annuals-biennials-perennials
  • Leung, Mega. (2019). Tragic optimism: an integrative meaning-centered approach to trauma treatment. Counselling Psychology Quarterly. 32. 1-19. 10.1080/09515070.2019.1633497. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334043933_Tragic_optimism_an_integrative_meaning-centred_approach_to_trauma_treatment
  • Powers-Barker, P. (2021). What’s Wrong with Positivity? Live Healthy Live Well Blog, Ohio State University Extension. https://livehealthyosu.com/2021/04/08/whats-wrong-with-positivity/
  • Princing, M. (2021). What you need to know about toxic positivity. Right as Rain. University of Washington Medicine. https://rightasrain.uwmedicine.org/mind/well-being/toxic-positivity
  • The Life of Victor Frankl, The Victor E. Frankl Institute of America. https://viktorfranklamerica.com/viktor-frankl-bio/

Fall Vegetable Gardening for the Win

If you have never grown a fall vegetable garden before, now is the time to start. Some of the common benefits of planting a fall vegetable garden include: Many Ohio vegetables grow well in cooler weather Insect and disease pests may be less compared to earlier in the growing season A few vegetables like collards […]

WRITTEN BY: Patrice Powers-Barker, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Lucas County

REVIEWED BY: Melissa J. Rupp, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Fulton County and Amy Stone, Extension Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Powers-Barker, P. (2020)

REFERENCES:

  • Handling covid-19: Guidance for community gardens. (2019, April 21). North Carolina State Extension. Retrieved 07/08/20 from https://fcs.osu.edu/sites/fcs/files/imce/PDFs/COVID/OSU_Community%20Gardens_COVID-19_042120.pdf
  • Grow what you know. (2018). Ohio State Insights. Retrieved 07/08/20 from https://insights.osu.edu/food/recipe-gardens-work-you
  • Powers-Barker, P. (2020). Gardening as a self-care practice. Live Smart Ohio. Ohio State University. Retrieved 07/10/20 from https://go.osu.edu/gardenselfcare
  • Powers-Barker, P. (2020 updated). Planting a fall vegetable garden. Ohio State University. Retrieved 07/08/20 from https://u.osu.edu/powers-barker.1/2019/07/24/planting-a-fall-vegetable-garden/
  • Voyle, G. (2012). Fall vegetable crops for your garden. Michigan State University Extension. Retrieved 07/08/20 from https://www.canr.msu.edu/uploads/files/E3172_-_Fall_Vegetable_Crops_for_your_Garden.pdf
  • Woods, A. (2017). A walk in the woods. Live Smart Ohio, Ohio State University Extension. Retrieved 07/08/20 from https://livesmartohio.osu.edu/mind-and-body/woods-485osu-edu/a-walk-in-the-woods-2/

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