Posts Tagged ‘Orchard’
January 29, 2021 Eight Steps to Create a Stunning Winter Garden, Olga Owens Huckins, Larry McGraw, How Often Should You Prune Your Willows, Botanicals: 100 Postcards, and a Winter Joy: Scented Houseplants
Today we celebrate a woman who helped change the way pesticides were used in the United States. We’ll also learn about the man who taught thousands of people how to prune and graft fruit trees and also founded the Home Orchard Society. We’ll hear about how to prune Willow (Salix) trees with one of my…
Read MoreFounder of the Home Orchard Society: Pomologist Larry McGraw
“One day, Larry discovered an envelope that contained apple seeds that were a hundred years old. The letter inside the envelope referenced Marcus Whitman and his orchard.” January 29, 2005 On this day, the founder of the Home Orchard Society, Larry L. McGraw, died. His obituary stated that pomology was his passion for more than…
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