June 13, 2019 Repurposed Planter Idea, Martha Washington, George Thurtell, David Douglas, William Butler Yeats, Charles Joseph Sauriol, The Flower Fix by Anna Potter, Love in a Mist, Nigella, and James Clerk Maxwell and his Peacock Gardeners
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My aunt Debbie in Des Moines sent me some fantastic pictures of a great portable elevated planter idea.
She was at Lowe's, and they had taken two old Weber grills and had spray-painted them different colors. Then, they turned them into planters.
In between the two of them, they placed a bench.
What a great idea. The fantastic idea a great way to repurpose old grills turn them into elevated beds that you could use for annuals - which is what they did.
In my case, I think it is a fun way to have a small edible or herb garden - right by your grill!
Botanical History On This Day
1731 Martha Washington was born. Her carefully designed kitchen garden at Mount Vernon, with its brick walls, fruit-tree windbreaks, and central cistern, stood as her personal pride and horticultural refuge.
1832 George Thurtell dazzled the public with an extraordinary ranunculus exhibition of hundreds of blooms, a triumph later shadowed by scandal, imprisonment, and an ignoble end.
1833 David Douglas narrowly escaped death when his canoe was destroyed on the Fraser River. Sadly, he lost years of specimens and writings, but not his awe for the grandeur of nature.
Unearthed Words
1865 William Butler Yeats was born, and his poem The Rose Tree reminds us how gardens, flowers, and sacrifice intertwine in language and history.
1938 A diary entry by Canadian naturalist Charles Joseph Sauriol
captures the quiet satisfaction of finishing flower beds on a perfect June evening.
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Today's Botanic Spark
1831 James Clerk Maxwell, scientist, is born. He offered gardeners an unexpected delight in his many letters, including this one, which describes peacocks as discerning assistants in the garden, tolerant of cabbages but devoted to the front door.
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