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Tuesday, May 15, 2018
1877- A Plant for the Poor - Polygonum cuspidatum
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This interesting view of Japanese Knotweed and of the state of poor city people was an English article published in the The Flori...
Friend of Bees -The Japanese Knotweed
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This isn't a seed related post, instead, just something else I like. As a new beekeeper, my interest in poking around in old jou...
Sunday, May 13, 2018
1887 - Horsemint: #10 of Root's Bee Plants
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If you are thinking about what honeybees consider a delightful flower - think any mint family plant. I suppose there might be on...
Friday, May 11, 2018
Old Photo - Time to Plant Seeds
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They are in such a hurry to grow up.
1887 - Melissa (Lemon Balm): #11 of Root's Bee Plants
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This year, the first spring I have been retired from teaching, I filled the porch with seed trays. I stole the shop lights from the baseme...
Thursday, May 10, 2018
1876 - Giant Potato at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition
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Will you look at that monster tuber on the barrel!! Bliss, B.K. & Sons, Seedsmen, 34 Barclay Street, New York, N.Y., Exhibit ...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
1940 - Nice Seed Store Photo
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The Library of Congress has extraordinary photos if you poke around to find them. This one was taken in Grayville, Illinois 78 years ago i...
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