# https://justonethingnursery.com > Welcome To Just One Thing Nursery And Gardens! ## Posts - [How To Make Liquid Pectin From Roselle Seed Pods](https://justonethingnursery.com/liquid-pectin-from-roselle-seed-pods/): Roselle seed pods are an amazing source for making your own liquid pectin, which can be used to make hard-set OR soft-set jams. Here we discuss this easy way to get all the pectin you can out of your Roselle seed pods! - [My Roselle SPLIT And It Still Looks Like THIS!](https://justonethingnursery.com/my-roselle-split-and-it-still-looks-like-this/): Roselle is one of our most favorite Florida summer plants to grow. - [So When DO I Pick Roselle?](https://justonethingnursery.com/whentopickroselle/): It's Roselle season here at J.O.T.! While some have already been pulling in their first harvests, and others re continuing to wait for their first buds, we are gearing up to start pulling in daily Roselle calyxes. One of the biggest questions I get is about just that; when it is the best time to actually harvest the Roselle calyxes, and how. So, let's understand what the plant does before it's time to harvest to help us better understanding WHEN to harvest. ## Pages - [JOTKitchen](https://justonethingnursery.com/jotkitchen/): Growing all those amazing plants is one thing, but cooking in a practical and tasty way is entirely another! - [PostLibrary](https://justonethingnursery.com/postlibrary/): Hello everyone! I wanted to make a bit of a landing point to be able to access all the posts that we are adding to our ever-growing library. - [FloridaMonthlyGardeningPlanner](https://justonethingnursery.com/floridamonthlygardeningplanner/): Welcome to the J.O.T. Monthly Gardening Planner! - [Florida Cold Weather Action Plan](https://justonethingnursery.com/florida-cold-weather-action-plan/): So, you've spent all spring and summer digging, building, installing, planting, and perfecting your gardens or food forest. - [Home](https://justonethingnursery.com/): Shop Nursery Plants (Coming Soon) JOT Post Library - Learn With Us! - [My account](https://justonethingnursery.com/my-account/) - [Checkout](https://justonethingnursery.com/checkout/) - [Cart](https://justonethingnursery.com/cart/) - [Shop](https://justonethingnursery.com/shop/) - [Contact](https://justonethingnursery.com/contact/): J.O.T. is nestled in the woods in beautiful Paisley, in the lower Ocala National Forest, Central Florida. - [About](https://justonethingnursery.com/about/): My husband and I have always been driven by a desire to live off the land, provide our family with healthy, homegrown food and medicines, be as self sustainable as possible, take responsibility for our food, and help teach others how to do the same. - [](https://justonethingnursery.com/26-2/) - [](https://justonethingnursery.com/25-2/) ## Products - [Okinawa Spinach Minis](https://justonethingnursery.com/product/okinawa-spinach-minis/): Cover a larger area with less cost! If you're planning to cover a larger area with more plants, these little babies are your answer. Plug them in all over the area you want to cover, water in, and wait. Once these little tots get comfortable, they will happily spread out and supply you with a lifetime of super-food nutritional salad greens. Let's not forget it's amazing benefit as a food forest support plant; when planted as a ground cover, it's dense, vining habit and thick leaves helps retain moisture in the ground below without the need for extra mulch! ~Read further down this page for more information, planting instructions, and additional information.~ ~Culinary Uses~ Okinawa Spinach, while delicious, has a slightly stronger flavor than longevity spinach. We enjoy incorporating it into our meals and always smile at the splash of beautiful color it brings to our salads. Like longevity spinach, O.S. is not only delicious raw, but also holds up well when sauteing into eggs or adding into soups, unlike standard spinach which wilts and becomes mushy. Whatever you would use regular lettuce or spinach for, you can use Okinawa Spinach for. And let's not forget, that beautiful purple color means there are anthocyanins present, a type of flavonoid pigment that acts as an antioxidant! Here are a few examples of how we use O.S. in our daily lives: Eaten raw in salads, added onto sandwiches, burgers, or wraps Added to protein shakes Sauteed with scrambled eggs Added into soups/stews ~Nutritional Facts~ Per 100g Calories: 23 kcal Protein: 3 g (compared to 1.4g for regular lettuce!) Fat: 0.3 g Carbohydrates: 3.8 g Fiber: 2.4 g Vitamin A: 469 mcg (52% DV) Vitamin K: 483 mcg (402% DV) Vitamin C: 9.8 mcg (11% DV) Calcium: 136 mg (10%B DV) Iron: 3.6 mg (20% DV) Magnesium: 87 mg (21% DV) Potassium: 466 mg (10% DV) Sodium: 70mg (3% DV) Folate: 146 mcg (37% DV) ~Other Health Benefits~ Antioxidant Anti-Inflammatory Blood sugar regulation Blood pressure support Anti-cancer properties Organ protective Antimicrobial Properties (Anti-fungal, antibacterial, antiviral). All evidenced in a study done by the Science Direct, which was referenced from the National Library of Medicine (which also has performed several additional studies on the health benefits of Okinawa Spinach). - [Longevity Spinach Minis](https://justonethingnursery.com/product/longevity-spinach-minis/): Cover a larger area with less cost! If you're planning to cover a larger area with more plants, these little babies are your answer. Plug them in all over the area you want to cover, water in, and wait. Once these little tots get comfortable, they will happily spread out and supply you with a lifetime of super-food nutritional salad greens. Let's not forget it's amazing benefit as a food forest support plant; when planted as a ground cover, it's dense, vining habit and thick leaves helps retain moisture in the ground below without the need for extra mulch! ~Read further down this page for more information, planting instructions, and additional information.~ ~Culinary Uses~ Our family uses our longevity spinach in so many ways, and we've enjoyed every single one of them. Not only delicious raw, it also holds up well when sauteing into eggs or adding into soups, unlike standard spinach which wilts and becomes mushy. Whatever you would use regular lettuce or spinach for, you can use longevity spinach for. Here are a few examples: Eaten raw in salads, added onto sandwiches, burgers, or wraps Added to protein shakes Sauteed with scrambled eggs Added into soups/stews Dried, powdered, and added into recipes such as tortilla wraps ~Nutritional Facts~ Calories: 23 kcal Protein: 2.9 g (compared to 1.4g for regular lettuce!) Fat: 0.4 g Carbohydrates: 3.6 g Fiber: 2.2 g Sugar: 0.4 g Vitamin A: 1540 IU Vitamin K: 137 mcg Vitamin C: 53 mg Calcium: 103 mg Iron: 5.8 mg Magnesium: 116 mg Potassium: 1015 mg ~Other Health Benefits~ Antioxidant Anti-Inflammatory Blood sugar regulation Blood pressure support Anti-cancer properties Organ protective Antimicrobial Properties (Anti-fungal, antibacterial, antiviral). All evidenced in a study done by the National Library Of Medicine ## Optional - [Agent (MCP protocol)](websites-agents.hostinger.com/justonethingnursery.com/mcp) [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)