Posts Tagged ‘Alexander Wilson’
The Bird Man of Paisley: Remembering Alexander Wilson’s American Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 23, My dearest garden companions and winged-creature enthusiasts, today marks the anniversary of the death of that remarkable Scottish ornithologist and poet, Alexander Wilson. A man after our own hearts, wouldn’t you…
Read MoreAugust 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
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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