May 18, 2022 Tsar Nicholas II, Ralph Waldo Emerson, W. G. Sebald, Mary McLeod Bethune, The Medicinal Forest Garden Handbook by Anne Stobart, and Mount St. Helens

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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 1868 Birth of Tsar Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia. On his final birthday in 1918, held under guard in Yekaterinburg,…

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Mount St. Helens: Ash, Bees, and a Halted Nectar Flow

Mount St. Helens

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 18, 1980 Dearest reader, On this somber day, we reflect on the catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens, an event that not only reshaped the landscape but also profoundly impacted the delicate…

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