Posts Tagged ‘Charles Newbold’
Iron Revolution: When Charles Newbold’s Plow Changed Gardening Forever
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 26, 1797 On this day, our agricultural history was forever altered when one Charles Newbold, a man of considerable foresight and iron determination, patented the first cast-iron plow. Yes, dear readers, while…
Read MoreJune 26, 2019 Moving a Bumblebee Nest, Charles Newbold, Charles Christopher Perry, The Rolling Stones, Margaret Morse Nice, Annette Wynne, Diana Wells, Planting Sunflower Seeds, and San Francisco Gardener John McLaren
Have you ever needed to move a bumblebee nest? We discovered a nest under the basketball hoop on the driveway when the guys came to seal coat. To move it, I waited until dusk. Then I grabbed a terra cotta pot that was a little bigger than the nest… and my pizza peel from the…
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