Posts Tagged ‘Cyrus McCormick’
The Reaper’s Tale: How Cyrus McCormick 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 21, 1834 On this day, the American inventor and businessman, Cyrus McCormick, patented his remarkable reaping machine – a contraption that would forever change the toiling hands of agriculture and the very…
Read MoreJune 21, 2019 The Best Time in the Garden, Abraham Mignon, Cyrus McCormick, Frederick Law Olmsted, Summer Solstice, Donald Culross Peattie, Flowering Earth, National Selfie Day, and Advice on Weeding from 1843
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Monologue When is the best time to divide? To prune? To transplant? In general, the answer I most often give is that the best time to do…
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