A friend sent me this, with the sole preface of “This is what I’ve been watching lately.” The title “Gardening On Salvia” only told me he’d gotten his green thumb on a little late in the season. “What is salvia? This guy is teaching people how to grow flowers on slate or something?”

Thirty seconds in I was blindsided by my worst fear: I’ve turned into my mother.

WTF is salvia and why hadn’t I heard of this?!