Ah, Summer

Russell Baker

by Russell Baker Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Russell Baker

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Ah, Summer

Russell Baker

by Russell Baker Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.  As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Russell Baker

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July 30, 2019 Growing Castor Bean, Emily Brontë, Ellis Rowan, the Arkansas Apple Blossom, Russell Baker, Bev Adams, Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead by Martin Wood and Judith Tankard, Pruning Blackberries or Boysenberries, and Walt Disney’s Flowers and Trees

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Have you tried growing Castor Bean? It’s one of Michael Pollen’s favorite plants. Check out the way he starts his article on the plant called, “Consider the Castor Bean”: “Pretty they are not, but a garden can labor under a surfeit “surfut” of prettiness, be too sweet or cheerful for its own good. Sometimes what’s…

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