{"id":10,"date":"2024-07-03T16:34:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T16:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sowing\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2024-07-03T16:34:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T16:34:52","slug":"welcome-to-sowing-and-growing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sowing\/welcome-to-sowing-and-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Sowing and Growing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m so glad you&#8217;re visiting my little corner of the Oregon State University digital ecosystem. In this space, I share my experiences of and thoughts on the complexities of, well, <em>being<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a thoughtful leader of the OSU Extension Master Gardener program.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a responsible steward of a garden in Eugene, Oregon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a human being living and working in community with others, in an age of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wicked_problem\">wicked problems<\/a> and multiple existential threats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything I write or share here represents my thoughts as an individual. I&#8217;m not speaking with my official title of the Statewide Manager of the Oregon State University Extension Master Gardener Program. Nothing I write here should be construed as representing the policies or positions of either the Master Gardener program or Oregon State University. That said, I hope my posts give you some insight into my thinking and approach to the Master Gardener program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions or comments for me, feel free to email me at leslie.madsen -at- oregonstate.edu. I receive <em>a lot<\/em> of email, so please be patient with me as I wade through my inbox to read your thoughts. I look forward to connecting with you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m so glad you&#8217;re visiting my little corner of the Oregon State University digital ecosystem. In this space, I share my experiences of and thoughts on the complexities of, well, being: Everything I write or share here represents my thoughts as an individual. I&#8217;m not speaking with my official title of the Statewide Manager of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14182,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}