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Roger Tory Peterson
The King Penguin Today is the anniversary of the death of Roger Tory Peterson of Peterson’s Field Guide to Birds fame – he was born in 1908. A son of Jamestown, New York, Roger, helped new generations of people fall in love with ornithology. Roger not only wrote the guides, but he also illustrated them.…
Read MoreJuly 28, 2020 The Garden and Mental Health, John Evelyn, Andrew Jackson Downing, Roger Tory Peterson, Women and the Garden, The Pollinator Victory Garden by Kim Eierman, and Bill Cullina’s 2011 garden
Today we celebrate the botanist and writer who published the first book about salad. We’ll also learn about the horticulturist whose life was cut short on this day when the steamship he was on caught on fire and sank. We celebrate the man who helped generations of people fall in love with ornithology. We also…
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A Bird Fascination Today is the birthday of Roger Tory Peterson of Peterson’s Field Guide to Birds fame – he was born in 1908. Peterson not only wrote the guides, but he also illustrated them.</ Peterson was the noted American naturalist who brought the natural world to the masses in the 20th century. A son…
Read MoreAugust 28, 2019 Dividing Perennials, Aimee Bonpland, John James DuFour, Charles Christopher Parry, Roger Tory Peterson, Celia Laighton Thaxter, Midwest Foraging by Lisa M. Rose, Sow Winter Salad and the Tomatina Festival
This past week, I started looking for perennials I want to divide. After the hail storm and siding installation we had earlier this month, I don’t feel too bad about digging up the plants. The garden looks tough. Might as well dig up old plants. I always start with my hostas – in part, because…
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