Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin #OTD  It’s the birthday of Harriet Beecher Stowe on this day in 1811. Stowe is best known as the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. When Stowe met Pres. Abraham Lincoln, he greeted her by saying, “So you’re the little woman who started this great war.” During the Victorian era, the…

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20200101 The Daily Gardener Album Cover

Are you planning to grow Sunflowers this year? Five years ago, Hans-Peter Schiffer toppled the Guinness World Record for the third year in a row – growing a sunflower that was 30’1″ tall! Over at the Facebook group for the show, you can check out a time-lapse video of sunflowers growing from seed to seed…

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