{"id":53475,"date":"2014-12-07T00:09:19","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T08:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=53475"},"modified":"2014-12-07T00:09:19","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T08:09:19","slug":"weed-dating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/53475","title":{"rendered":"Weed Dating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tHere&#8217;s a fun one for you: weed dating.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How will I ever meet someone in this concrete jungle?&#8221; laments the lonely plantain &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53476\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53476\" class=\"wp-image-53476\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/530px-Breitwegerich.jpg\" alt=\"530px-Breitwegerich\" width=\"360\" height=\"407\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-53476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of broadleaf plantain by Ernst Sch\u00fctte via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Just kidding. Weed dating is <em>not<\/em> a service for unloved plants (or any other recently legalized vegetation).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a newfangled way for earthy singles to meet and mingle within their comfort zone &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53477\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53477\" class=\"wp-image-53477\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Krieglsteins_posing_as_American_Gothic.jpg\" alt=\"Krieglsteins_posing_as_American_Gothic\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-53477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Krieglsteins _posing_as_American_Gothic.jpg<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230; the farm, of course!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Weed dating is the gardener&#8217;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,&#8221; reports <em>NBC News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A woman wistfully awaits her weed date \u2026<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53478\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53478\" class=\"wp-image-53478\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Woman_in_her_garden1a33973v.jpg\" alt=\"Woman_in_her_garden1a33973v\" width=\"360\" height=\"253\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-53478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Jack Delano via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(where is he?)<\/p>\n<p>as she dares to dream of what could be &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Farmers-Wife-1920-Woman-Eating-Apples-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-53479\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Farmers-Wife-1920-Woman-Eating-Apples-2.jpg\" alt=\"Farmers-Wife-1920-Woman-Eating-Apples-2\" width=\"360\" height=\"555\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tee-hee!<\/p>\n<p>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).<\/p>\n<p>How cute is this?<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/50341101?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/50341101\">Weed Dating<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/farmrun\">farmrun<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, who knows? Weed daters might just sow a match made to last!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53480\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53480\" class=\"wp-image-53480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/499px-Grant_DeVolson_Wood_-_American_Gothic.jpg\" alt=\"499px-Grant_DeVolson_Wood_-_American_Gothic\" width=\"360\" height=\"433\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-53480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Gothic by Grant Wood, 1930, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Want to host a Weed Dating event at your farm this year? Check out the way they do it at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthdancefarms.org\/events\/weed-dating\/\">Earth Dance Farm<\/a>.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a fun one for you: weed dating. &#8220;How will I ever meet someone in this concrete jungle?&#8221; laments the lonely plantain &#8230; Just kidding. 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