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James Weldon Johnson
A Gift of Words On this day in 1871 James Weldon Johnson was born. He’s the lyricist of the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” He had a summer home known as Five Acres and he had a little writing cabin on a hill above a brook. Johnson was a founder and member of the…
Read MoreJune 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…
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