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a, b = <span class="hljs-number">1</span>, <span class="hljs-number">1</span>

<span class="hljs-comment"># Generate the rest of the sequence</span>
<span class="hljs-keyword">for</span> _ <span class="hljs-keyword">in</span> <span class="hljs-built_in">range</span>(n):
    <span class="hljs-keyword">yield</span> a
    a, b = b, a + b

<span class="hljs-comment"># Generate the Fibonacci sequence up to the 10th number</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">for</span> number <span class="hljs-keyword">in</span> fibonacci(<span class="hljs-number">10</span>): <span class="hljs-built_in">print</span>(number)</pre></div><p id="580b">And here is an example of a generator expression:</p><div id="2845"><pre><span class="hljs-comment"># Generator expression to generate the Fibonacci sequence</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> itertools <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> islice

<span class="hljs-keyword">def</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">fibonacci_gen</span>(): a, b = <span class="hljs-number">1</span>, <span class="hljs-number">1</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">while</span> <span class="hljs-literal">True</span>: <span class="hljs-keyword">yield</span> a a, b = b, a + b

fibonacci = islice(fibonacci_gen(), <span class="hljs-number">10</span>)

<span class="hljs-comment"># Generate the Fibonacci sequence up to the 10th number</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">for</span> number <span class="hljs-keyword">in</span> fibonacci: <span class="hljs-built_in">print</span>(number)</pre></div><p id="83f6">Few points to note about both:</p><ul><li>Generators are more memory-efficient than lists because they only generate one value at a time, rather than creating an entire sequence of values in memory at once. This makes them useful fo

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r generating large sequences of data that you don’t need to access all at once.</li><li>Generator functions are defined using the <code>def</code> keyword, just like any other function. However, instead of using the <code>return</code> keyword to return a value, generator functions use the <code>yield</code> keyword to yield a value. When the generator function is called, it does not execute the function body immediately. Instead, it returns a generator object that can be iterated over to execute the function body one line at a time.</li><li>Generator expressions are similar to list comprehensions, but they return a generator object instead of a list. They are defined using parentheses, and they use the same syntax as list comprehensions, but with a single element on the right-hand side of the expression.</li><li>Both generators and generator expressions are iterable, which means you can use them in a <code>for</code> loop or with the <code>next()</code> function to access their values one at a time.</li><li>You can use the <code>iter()</code> function to create an iterator from a generator or generator expression. You can then use the <code>next()</code> function to retrieve the next value from the generator one at a time.</li></ul><p id="2077"><i>More content at <a href="https://plainenglish.io/"><b>PlainEnglish.io</b></a>.</i></p><p id="de2f"><i>Sign up for our <a href="http://newsletter.plainenglish.io/"><b>free weekly newsletter</b></a>. Follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/inPlainEngHQ"><b>Twitter</b></a></i>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/inplainenglish/"><b><i>LinkedIn</i></b></a><i>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtipWUghju290NWcn8jhyAw"><b>YouTube</b></a>, and <a href="https://discord.gg/GtDtUAvyhW"><b>Discord</b></a><b>.</b></i></p></article></body>

The Seed Catalog Has Arrived!

It’s going to be a healthy beautiful salad summer

Photo-K.Barrett, author

Looking Back and Planning Ahead

A few days before my seed catalog arrived, I was looking back at some of my garden photos from the past. I was seeking inspiration for the direction my gardening would take me this year! I settled on some early cool crops, some ongoing colorful foods and flowers, and some later cool crops*. I will be busy…and eating well! I want to grow my own salads — greens and vegetables, fresh or grilled, and some beautiful edible flowers to top them off! The picture above is a blast from the past that inspired the theme for my garden this year: Healthy Beautiful Salad Summer. (*Cool crops refer to crops that grow in cooler weather like spring and fall where I live on the East Coast.)

Considerations for my Healthy Beautiful Salad Summer

  1. My home gardening will consist of flowers in the ground in the front of the house and patio containers in the back with flowers and food. (Some flowers as food!)
  2. My husband will have more crops at the church garden under his charge. (This is how I was able to cut down my list to fit in our space…knowing there will be more elsewhere. Beware — it is hard to narrow it down!)
  3. The menu — eating the rainbow for nutrition. I am going for all colors!
  4. Flowers, beauty, and fun are three other things that I am looking for this year.

Below you will find my planting plans, bits of the description lifted from the Burpee 2021 Seed Catalog and then following that I have given some more insight into how I made these selections.

First Planting (Spring)

Seeds planted straight in the outdoor containers Super Sugar Snap Peas—sweeter, more productive, and disease resistant Royal Purple Radish — great for beginners, rapid grow, plump, mildly sweet Burpee’s Microgreens Mix —high nutrients, container Romain Blend Lettuce —early, middle, and late-season romain Alaska Mix Nasturtium — edible flowers to add a peppery zip to salads

Next Planting (Summer)

Seeds started inside and were transplanted in outdoor containers Food Burpee’s Best Zucchini —earlier harvest, high yield, container Lemon Drop Yellow Summer Squash —lemon lookalike, great flavor Cherry Stuffer Sweet Pepper — Sweet & snackable, container Sugar Crunch Cucumbers —smooth thin skin, disease-resistant, container On Deck Corn —bicolor, container Sweetheart of the Patio Cherry Tomatoes — Hanging basket, super producer Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes —golden orange, tangy-sweet clusters Three Color Blend Beans — massive yield, purple/yellow/green, container Baby Bubba Okra —dwarf, tender pods early maturing, resistant, container Treasure Island Manihi Sweet Potato — beautiful vines, tasty leaves & potatoes Herbs Pesto Party Basil — tolerant deep into the season Lemongrass — fragrant lemony tang with hints of ginger and mint Spearmint — for teas and marinades Flowers and Decor Silverdrop Eucalyptus —beautiful in the garden and dries easily for winter Landmark Series Lantana —flowers spring to fall, cascading, deer resistant Forcast Zinnias — long-lasting, endless blooms, thrives in all conditions Raspberry Lemonade Zinnias — disease-resistant, drought-tolerant, container

Last Planting (Fall) Seeds started inside and were transplanted in outdoor containers Flame Star Cauliflower —pastel orange, buttery flavor, heat tolerant White Corona Cauliflower —fastest and whitest, container Burgundy Broccoli — high yielding, shocking purple, grows quickly

Making Selections

There are several things that I think about when selecting what I will plant.

  1. How I will use the food? This year will be a theme…Healthy Beautiful Salad Summer.
  2. How decorative everything looks while growing. Are some things tall, some on a trellis, some hanging, some flowering? This soon-to-be edible space can be beautiful!
  3. How does it smell? That is often where the herbs come in. This is a multi-sensory experience!
  4. Drought tolerance, disease resistance, ease of growth, container suitability, and quickness of growth (I am not the most patient gardener) I know how the items I selected grow so I can sometimes adjust even if the description isn’t exact for all of my preferences.
  5. Personal taste preference. What are some things that just taste so much better homegrown? What are some things that just give you that awemazing feeling of having grown your own food when you pop them right off the plant and into your mouth? (Wash them first…most of the time!)
  6. I noted that I would be growing these from seed but, as a confession, I may order some as plants. I don’t have a lot of indoor space to grow the seeds. I will decide when I figure out my indoor seed space for this year. I will be ordering from Burpee.

Conclusion

I hope that as I shared my thinking, your growing plans were turning as well! Caring for plants is a great way to begin to recover from some of the struggles we have faced over the past year. I will write more and share progress throughout the process. Grow some food and enjoy it!

Thanks for reading!

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