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Sunday, February 15, 2015

Winter Scene on Seedsman's Tradecard

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Snowed another 6 inches last night, but we missed the coastal heavy snow!!  Poor Boston. Anyway, this trade card caught my eye and I thou...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Phantom Flowers and Skeleton Leaves

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Today I just wanted to share an interesting book I just came across a few minutes ago. Phantom Flowers :  A Treatise on the Art of Pr...
Monday, February 9, 2015

"Then comes lettuce." Leads to Odd Illustrations of 19th C. Seed Farm Operation

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"There's a host of good early kinds," said Mrs. Chose. 'Tennis Ball,' and ' Early Egg,' and ' White Si...
Sunday, February 8, 2015

Old Photos of Gardeners With Their Hoes, plus some Hoe Advice

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The photos of the men who proudly stand with the hoe as if on parade are my favorites,  but this first photo is wonderful!  Look at th...
Saturday, February 7, 2015

Miss Tiller' Gets Advice: Ideal Seed Selection for a Small Market Garden in 1873

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Liberty Hyde Bailey.  A man of prodigious horticultural output that delighted me in pre-internet days with his three volume Standar...
Tuesday, February 3, 2015

World Turned Upside Down - At Least This Tomato...

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H ow odd is this??! It must be a mistake on the part of the printer. I bet it is the only upside down tomato in an ad I will ever find! ...
Monday, February 2, 2015

Baring-Gould's "Rose of June" and Many Others

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S abine Baring-Gould came to my attention again when reading a modern mystery of the  Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series by Laurie ...