growing pains

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Under Theodore Roosevelt, putting up the West Wing required removing glasshouses used for growing plants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

I notice myself tilting towards the sun, like a sunflower — I lift my own chin to it and feel a kinship to the green and growing plants around me.

From Salon • May 10, 2025

In the spring of 2023, they used a technique called phytoremediation by growing plants such as sunflowers and corn, which studies have shown will pull toxins from the soil.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025

Souyoultzis says this is not the same as compost tea and should be discarded — often anaerobic, it’s not appropriate to use leachate near growing plants.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023

“Never thought the sight of growing plants could be so thrilling.”

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson