The Promise of Seeds: Magic in a Packet

I didn't know the song that I sang in elementary school every Thanksgiving season was a poem by  Lydia Maria Child.   And I do not thi...

W hen I looked at my first Huntington catalogs in the Biodiversity Heritage Library I got the impression they didn't like color!  ...

S acaline was originally adopted from Japan as an ornamental.  Its common name now is Giant Knotweed , and like it smaller cousin, Japane...

The Huntington Seed Co. is something of a mystery to me.   I can't find much information on any of these Huntingtons , thei...

F. C. Huntington and Company's illustration for the Vegetable Peach field made me smile.   I posted on the Vegetable Peach of A. T....

Ah...  how could anyone resist   John Lewis Childs' Fall Bulb Catalog?   We plant them because they can be awesome!  I lov...