Posts Tagged ‘Garden Chores’
November 07, 2024 November’s Little Garden Tasks, Rockingham Colonial Gardens, Warren Manning, The Landscape of Home by Edmund Hollander, and Ruth Pitter
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1783 General George Washington penned his historic Farewell Address to his troops at Rockingham, marking a pivotal moment in American history. Today,…
Read MoreMaxine Kumin: Poet, Gardener, and Warrior of the Earth
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 6, 1925 Dearest garden reader, On this day, the world was graced by the birth of Maxine Kumin, an American poet, novelist, children’s author, and devoted gardener whose Pulitzer Prize-winning voice found…
Read MorePreparing the Spring Garden: A Look at February Chores from 1889
“Whatever… winter work remains must now be cleared up, or the consequences will be serious.” February 9, 1889 On this day, The Lancaster Gazette shared a little snippet about the garden chores that should be done this week. Let’s see how our chores stack up against chores from the late 1800s. Outdoor Work must have a full…
Read MoreBones of the Land: Wyeth’s Solitude and Hirshfield’s Garden Task
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Bones of the winter landscape. November 20, 2019 On this day, as autumn deepens and the garden sheds its lush disguises,…
Read MoreAdjusting to Fall: Three Activities for Gardeners to Achieve Balance
“Our work in the garden is not like other work we perform. To make up for this loss of grounding and stilling work, adding in more opportunities for stillness can bring calm and a sense of balance. Curl up in your favorite chair. Fill a corner of a room with houseplants and sit beside them.…
Read MoreLongleat Gardener William Taylor and His Thoughts on the 1875 Autumn Garden
“Gardeners generally have [less work] during August and September. They are enabled to look round themselves at home and often to make a little tour and pick up useful hints from others of the fraternity; they then begin about October with renewed vigor to work for another year.” October 25, 1875 On this day, Longleat…
Read MoreGardener & Writer Ruth Oren on the Autumn Garden: It’s Time to Enjoy the No-Garden Garden
“If you find yourself up to your ears in gardening chores, something is wrong. This pause in mid-summer is necessary for humans as well as plants.” July 30, 1966 On this day, a garden writer named Ruth Oren shared her thoughts on the summer garden in her Down to Earth column in The Daily News out…
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