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<html lang="en">
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<meta charset="UTF-8">
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<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
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<title>Barbara Hirsch — Wichita Garden Notes</title>
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<style>
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body {
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font-family: 'Source Serif 4', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
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font-size: 17px;
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line-height: 1.7;
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max-width: 720px;
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margin: 0 auto;
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padding: 2rem 1.5rem 4rem;
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header {
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border-bottom: 2px solid #2c2418;
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padding-bottom: 1.5rem;
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margin-bottom: 2.5rem;
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font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, serif;
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font-size: 2.4rem;
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color: #5a4a3a;
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margin-top: 0.5rem;
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nav { margin-bottom: 2rem; }
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fort-nav { display: block; }
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h2 {
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font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, serif;
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font-size: 1.6rem;
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font-weight: 700;
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margin: 2.5rem 0 1rem;
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padding-bottom: 0.3rem;
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border-bottom: 1px solid #bfae94;
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h3 {
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font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, serif;
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font-size: 1.2rem;
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font-weight: 700;
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margin: 1.5rem 0 0.5rem;
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}
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p { margin-bottom: 1rem; }
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.pullquote {
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margin: 2rem 0;
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padding: 1rem 1.5rem;
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border-left: 3px solid #8b7355;
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font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, serif;
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font-size: 1.3rem;
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font-style: italic;
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color: #4a3c2c;
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background: #ede6d8;
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img.hero {
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width: 100%;
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height: auto;
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display: block;
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margin: 1.5rem 0;
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border: 1px solid #bfae94;
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display: grid;
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grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
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gap: 1.5rem;
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margin: 1.5rem 0;
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}
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.herb-card {
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border: 1px solid #bfae94;
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padding: 1.2rem;
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background: #fff;
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}
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.herb-card h4 {
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font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, serif;
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font-size: 1.1rem;
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margin-bottom: 0.3rem;
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}
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.herb-card .latin {
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font-style: italic;
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font-size: 0.9rem;
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color: #6a5a4a;
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margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
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}
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.herb-card p {
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font-size: 0.95rem;
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margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
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.herb-card .tag {
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display: inline-block;
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font-size: 0.8rem;
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background: #ede6d8;
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padding: 0.15rem 0.5rem;
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margin-right: 0.3rem;
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margin-bottom: 0.3rem;
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border: 1px solid #c4b49a;
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}
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.season-note {
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background: #ede6d8;
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padding: 1rem 1.2rem;
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border-left: 3px solid #8b7355;
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margin: 1.5rem 0;
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}
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.season-note strong {
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font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, serif;
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}
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footer {
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margin-top: 3rem;
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padding-top: 1.5rem;
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border-top: 2px solid #2c2418;
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font-size: 0.9rem;
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color: #6a5a4a;
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}
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a { color: #5a4a3a; text-decoration: underline; }
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a:hover { color: #2c2418; }
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.nav-links a { margin-right: 1rem; }
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@media (max-width: 600px) {
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.herb-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
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body { padding: 1rem 1rem 3rem; }
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}
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</style>
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</head>
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<body>
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<header>
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<h1>Barbara Hirsch</h1>
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<p class="deck">Wichita, Kansas — garden notes, herb guides, and a shop that's coming</p>
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<nav class="nav-links">
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<a href="index.html">Home</a>
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<a href="field-guide.html">Field Guide</a>
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<a href="about.html">About</a>
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<a href="shop-plans.html">Shop Plans</a>
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</nav>
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<fort-nav></fort-nav>
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</header>
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<p>I'm Barbara. I live in Wichita, Kansas, where the wind doesn't stop and the soil is honest. I tend gardens, build wooden things, and I'm slowly putting together a small home-based shop for garden-inspired goods — herb kits, dried bundles, seed packets with actual planting notes, not marketing copy. This is where I keep it all.</p>
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<img class="hero" src="https://images.pexels.com/photos/4750373/pexels-photo-4750373.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=650&w=940" alt="A hand holding fresh mint and rosemary sprigs from the garden">
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<div class="pullquote">
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"A garden isn't something you manage. It's something you learn to listen to."
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</div>
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<h2>What's here</h2>
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<p>This is a working journal. I publish seasonal field guides for growing herbs in our part of Kansas — the hard facts about when to plant, when the first frost usually bites, what survives a Wichita summer without drowning. I also sketch out plans for the shop I'm building, and I keep notes on the wooden things I make — cutting boards, small shelves, herb-drying racks.</p>
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<p>Everything is practical. If I write about an herb, you'll find its planting window, its spacing, what goes wrong and how to fix it. That's what I need when I'm in the dirt, and it's what my neighbors ask for too.</p>
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<h2>This season's focus</h2>
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<div class="season-note">
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<strong>June through August in Wichita</strong> — this is when the garden tests you. Daytime highs sit at 96°F with humidity that makes you sweat through a t-shirt in five minutes. The trick isn't fighting the heat; it's working with the rhythm of it. Water early (before 7am), mulch heavily (two inches of shredded bark), and don't plant anything new after July 15 unless it's heat-tolerant like basil or oregano. <em>That's</em> the rule I live by.
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</div>
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<p>My current project is a field guide for the eight herbs I grow most reliably here, with specific notes for Zone 6b. It's not a general gardening book — it's <em>my</em> garden, documented honestly.</p>
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<a href="field-guide.html"><strong>Read the Summer Herb Field Guide →</strong></a>
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<h2>What I'm building</h2>
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<p>I'm planning a small home-based boutique called <strong>Good Roots</strong> — a name I like because it means both the plant sense and the community sense. The idea is simple: sell things I make and things I grow, with notes on how to use them. Herb drying kits, seed packets with actual planting schedules, small wooden herb boxes, and dried herb bundles for cooking. No mass-produced stuff. Everything has a story and an instruction.</p>
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<p>I'll share the shop plans and progress here as they develop.</p>
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<h2>Voice & community</h2>
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<fort-fedi limit="5"></fort-fedi>
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<hr style="border:none;border-top:1px solid #bfae94;margin:2rem 0;">
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<fort-mind limit="8"></fort-mind>
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<fort-citizen name="shirley_gutierrez"></fort-citizen>
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<footer>
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<p>Barbara Hirsch · Wichita, Kansas · Zone 6b<br>
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Built by hand, updated in seasons. <a href="https://barbara-hirsch.4ort.net">barbara-hirsch.4ort.net</a></p>
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</footer>
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</body>
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