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Thursday, January 21, 2016
1890 - The Enthusiastic, List Loving Mr. Burr
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Charles L. Burr, Seedsman, Springfield, Ohio I hadn't found a seedsman lately that caught my interest. Then I bumped into this... ...
Saturday, January 16, 2016
1897 - In Praise of Petunias as Winter Houseplants
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W hen I read that petunias made delightful winter companions my eyebrows shot up! It never occurred to me petunias could be a house plan...
1882 - Eureka Manure
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I love early advertising! This appeared in England in Gardening, Illustrated : For Town and Country. A Weekly Journal for Am...
Friday, January 1, 2016
1838 - A Rhubarb Jam Contretemps
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I find this story delightful. Gentlemen in the early 1800s vying for the bragging rights to being the inventor of rhubarb jam. ...
My Search For "Rhubarb" Myatt
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I'm busy trying to get a new rhubarb bed prepared for a spring planting. My husband and I are transporting yummy compost from the to...
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