July 26, 2020 How to Grow Blueberries, Garden Self-Care in the Heat, Roland Hallet Shumway, George Bernard Shaw, Aven Nelson, July Folklore, Once Upon a Windowsill by Tovah Martin, and Winthrop Mackworth Praed
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“Add a few blueberry plants to your landscape for their white, bell-shaped blooms in the spring and the bright globes of blue in the summer. But the REAL show happens in the late fall when the bushes turn bright red, neon pink, orange, or red-purple. Blueberry bushes make a great edible alternative to short growing shrubs like boxwood. Imagine a row of blueberries lining the fence and how many berries you will have! And you know garden-grown food always tastes better than grocery store-bought food.”
Work early, and stay cool.
To avoid the high temps, potential sunburn, and bug bites, I go out in the morning, work for no more than a two-hour stint, and wrap up no later than 10 am. For self-care, I set up a sports umbrella for shade and bring a massive fan with me to stay cool. The fan also keeps the bugs at bay; mosquitoes, especially, are not good fliers.
Botanical History On This Day
1842 R. H. Shumway, the deaf, indefatigable Rockford seedsman behind the world’s largest mail-order seed house, championed “Good Seeds Cheap” so even the poorest planters could sow abundance.
1856 George Bernard Shaw was born; at Shaw’s Corner, he wrote in a revolving garden hut and walked the borders daily with Charlotte—his aphorisms rooting hope and humor in the soil.
1899 Aven Nelson’s Yellowstone Expedition began its long, perilous collecting across geysers and paint pots; 30,000 specimens later, his work seeded the Rocky Mountain Herbarium.
Unearthed Words
July lore for sky, corn, and weather wisdom, old and wry. Folklore for a Fiery Month
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Today's Botanic Spark
1839 Winthrop Mackworth Praed—the wit who loved “the warmth of July”—kept a grove and orangery, leaving us light-touched lines that still dapple the garden path.
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