Posts Tagged ‘Heirloom’
Got the Gardener’s Blues? How about Planting All Blue Potatoes this Spring?
“Any potato is easy to grow, and All Blues are even easier, as they seem to resist fungal diseases.” They say variety is the spice of life. For gardeners, varieties are the key to having the garden of your dreams. Back in 2019, on this day, in The Old Farmer’s Almanac, Doreen Howard wrote about her passion…
Read MorePlanting Spoons: A Garden Story From the Life of Canadian Pioneer Catherine Parr Traill
“One day, Catherine realized her spoons were gone. Sounding the alarm, Catherine discovered that her young son Willie admitted he had taken them, and he had planted them in the garden.” January 9, 1802 On this day, the Canadian-English writer and botanical illustrator Catherine Parr Traill was born. Catherine and her husband, Thomas, faced extraordinary…
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