Posts Tagged ‘Olivia Gentile’
March 31, 2020 Starting Seeds, Renee’s Garden Seeds, John Lineback, William Ralph Meredith, Elmer Ivan Applegate, Muriel Wheldale Onslow, April Poems, Life List by Olivia Gentile, and Karen Washington
Today we celebrate the man who invented the cottonseed huller. We’ll learn about a Canadian legal eagle who loved gardening and one of Oregon’s pioneer botanists. We’ll celebrate the work of a female biochemist who made some remarkable discoveries about bloom color by studying snapdragons. Today’s Unearthed Words feature words about March. We Grow That…
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As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Life List by Olivia Gentile The subtitle to this book is A Woman’s Quest for the World’s Most Amazing Birds. This book is a loving and beautiful biography of bird enthusiast Phoebe Snetsinger. Imagine a woman, a suburban housewife trapped in the gilded cage of domesticity, yearning for…
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2020 Calendula Tincture, Growing Artichokes, Melvin Bergeson, the American Iris Society, Isabella Preston, Hazel Schmoll, Horace Hagedorn, Bernard Barton, Life List by Olivia Gentile, Wooden Letters, Prospect Cottage and Derek Jarman
Today, we celebrate the man who found a splendid crabapple growing in his nursery and the anniversary of a society that honors the flower of the rainbow. We’ll learn about the “Grand Lady of Canadian Horticulture” and a Colorado State botanist who fought to protect the Columbine. In today’s Unearthed Words, we hear simple poems…
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