February 19, 2020 Making a Bean Teepee, Protecting Mature Trees, Charles de l’Écluse, Daniel Solander, William Francis Ganong, Winter Bee Poetry, Gardens in Detail by Emma Reuss, 4-Tier Mini Greenhouse and Frances Perry
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How to Make a Teepee for Your Climbing Beans | Mother Earth News
"Use a garbage can lid, position canes at 12, 3, 6 & 9 o'clock, then fill in between. Then tie a string to the canes, near the top. Repeat for each cane until they're all secured."
Dan Gill: Protect mature trees from damage during construction projects | Home/Garden | nola.com
"The root system of trees is much shallower than most people imagine. The overwhelming majority of a tree's feeder roots (the roots that absorb water and mineral from the soil for the tree) are located in the upper 12 inches of soil. You can see this when a tree blows over, and the exposed root system is shallow and flat like a plate. This makes the root system far more prone to damage during construction than most people realize."
Botanical History On This Day
1526 Charles de l'Écluse (Carolus Clusius), Flemish botanist, founder of the Leiden Botanic Garden, and the man who introduced tulips to Holland, was born.
1773 Daniel Solander, Swedish-English botanist, star pupil of Linnaeus, and Joseph Banks’s fellow plant hunter on Captain Cook’s first voyage, was born.
1864 William Francis Ganong, the first professor of botany at Smith College and devoted chronicler of New Brunswick’s natural history, was born into Canada’s famous chocolate-making family.
Unearthed Words
Winter musings from Jarod Kintz, John Burroughs, Hal Borland, Emerson, and others — plus a tribute to the humble bee in the quiet season. Read these winter and bee-inspired quotes
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1907 Distinguished gardener, writer, and water-garden expert Frances Perry was born, later becoming a beloved columnist, Chelsea exhibitor, and the first woman elected to the RHS council.
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