Edwin Hunt Archives

Botanist Edwin Hunt and the Hungarian Revolutionary Lajos Kossuth: Finding Comfort in Nature

“Happy those who love nature, Her they shall find, And shall not find but her in the days of adversity.” June 17, 1869 On this day, the botanist Edwin Hunt collected the last known specimen of Arethusa bulbosa in the old Oriskany swamp in New York. While researching Edwin Hunt, I found an article…

Twelve Miles in a Botanist’s Wake: The Legacy of Edwin Hunt

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 17, 1869 It was on this day in 1869 that the botanist Edwin Hunt, with the stealth of a fox and the determination of a particularly obstinate weed, collected the last known…

June 17, 2019 Reusing Potting Soil, Edwin Hunt, James Weldon Johnson, Alexander Braun, Nellie McClung, the University of Wisconsin’s Arboretum, Emily Dickinson, Joanne Shaw, The Plant Hunters by Carolyn Fry, Geranium Care, and Lajos Kossuth

Do you change the oil in your window boxes and containers every spring? You really don’t need to – I don’t. Here’s what I do: I remove about a quarter to a third of the soil in my containers, and I put it in my potting soil bin. Then, I add a little perlite and…