Forget COVID Beards, Plant Dads Are Growing Plants
Social distancing coinciding with spring has unleashed a curious phenomenon. Plant Dads! It seems that self-isolation and bars being closed are resulting in men not just growing their beards but growing plants, too. The pandemic and subsequent lockdown have unleashed many activities people had thought they left in the last century from baking bread to sewing to yes growing more plants.
According to Reuters, as the virus spread in March, seed company W. Atlee Burpee & Co sold more seed than any time in its 144-year history. In my own purely unscientific study, I’m noticing lots of plant dads in my circle and on my social media. A few aren’t merely content with the simple house plant, no I’m seeing and hearing about men planting full-on living room gardens.
One friend has turned his corner two-bedroom condo on the 15th floor into a greenhouse. For the record, he gets great afternoon sun and has plenty of windows to grow his herbs, lettuce, and tomatoes. Others, if they have space, might take their garden outside. One close friend, reported that her husband spends his afternoons-off listening to music and weeding in their backyard.
