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Farmer’s Market Finds

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One of the best things about the Farmer’s Market is experimenting with new foods. Admittedly, the market has been thin this year due to a rough winter, but there’s still July and August produce roll-outs. Market secret: bring cash for certain discounts. Pictured here : Purslane: Purslane had its fine-dining moment some years ago. Since it was available at the market, I decided to give it a try this time around. I’ll be using yet another cookin’ Jamie’s recipe: Jamie Oliver’s Purslane Pesto. We’ll post how it goes. Spring Garlic: While it resembles spring onion—which I use a lot—it needs a bit more work. Internet directions said to simply chop it. Not so. It has an outer husk that needed to be removed. One of the garlic bulbs had already developed into cloves, so I had to treat it like regular garlic. That’s real prep for you. Next time, check for cloves, check for husk.   The taste of spring onion adds a new dimension to what you’re cooking—subtler, fresher, more mild a...
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Zen for the weekend throwback.

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Flowers and Herbs, Farmer’s Market June 2026

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Wednesday’s child is Japanese Maple.

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Reselling, Extinction Bursts and Gen Z

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The bottom has fallen out of clothing reselling. Everyone knows it. The platforms know it. The buyers know it. The resellers really feeling it. I found a low‑effort, low‑income lane that works for me, but the broader market is in free fall. What’s happening now is a wave of pivoting — collectibles, sneakers, vintage tech, anything with a pulse. In some cases, it’s not a pivot at all. It’s an extinction burst. An extinction burst is when you keep repeating a behavior that used to work, long after it stopped paying off. You double down. You triple down. You pour more effort into a void because of the old trick that once rewarded you. In a K‑shaped economy:  https://greenswater.blogspot.com/2026/06/are-you-ok-kshaped-economy.html , extinction bursts are everywhere. The business technique that worked last year, may not work next year. The “secret” that once made money now barely moves the needle. The grind continues, but the return doesn’t. We all have our own extinction bursts...
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