The Promise of Seeds: Magic in a Packet

World War I (The War to End All Wars) had stretched food supplies, especially in Europe.  By planting home gardens women were doing th...

  H ugo Beyer of New London, Iowa is a hard man to track down using old advertisements.  He doesn't seem to have any! (That show up i...

The Biodiversity Heritage Library just sent out their newsletter and it contained a link to this tour  behind-the-scenes at the National...

I was just looking through some old digital photos, thinking I should delete them if I have shared them with you already.   But then I deci...

I just fell in love with this seed catalog cover image.  She looks like a little wooden doll about to tip over!

Cool! On a brighter note than the last post about Hugo Beyer , New London, Iowa , this one reports on his wins at the fairs, one ...

"...too much of a strain and I can bear it no longer." Hugo Beyer is not an easy seedsman to track down in publications so I h...