President Harding’s Historic Radio Debut and Madame Curie’s Garden Gift

President Harding

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 14, 1922 It was on this day President Warren G. Harding’s voice graced the airwaves, becoming the first presidential voice to be broadcast over that marvelous new invention—the radio. One cannot help…

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June 14, 2019 Sunflowers, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ruth Stout, President Harding, G. K. Chesterton, Emily Dickinson, In Bloom by Clare Nolan, Photo Friday, and Making Pineapple Flowers

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Are you planning to grow Sunflowers this year? Five years ago, Hans-Peter Schiffer toppled the Guinness World Record for the third year in a row – growing a sunflower that was 30’1″ tall! Over at the Facebook group for the show, you can check out a time-lapse video of sunflowers growing from seed to seed…

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