Alexander Wilson

Alexander Wilson

The Father of American Ornithology Today is the anniversary of the death of the Scottish ornithologist and poet Alexander Wilson.   Wilson immigrated to the United States from Paisley Scotland. His family called him Sandy.   He quickly became one of the foremost naturalists of his time. Before John James Audubon, there was Alexander Wilson…

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August 23, 2019 Cutting Back the Garden, the Patron Saint of Gardeners, Alexander Wilson, Eliza Sullivant, Hazel Schmoll, Rose Kingsley, The Prickly Pear Cookbook by Carolyn Niethammer, Spring Plant Swap Prep, and the 1942 Michigan Botanical Club Meeting

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Sometimes I think cutting your bangs is a great analogy for pruning in the garden.   You know how when your bangs are growing out – maybe a little past your eyebrows – and you think, “I am gonna grow these bangs out. I’m gonna have amazing hair.” Then, they start to go past your…

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