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November 17, 2022 Solway Moss, Henry Muhlenberg, Ethel Zoe Bailey, Shelby Foote, Rosa by Peter Kukielski, and Archibald Lampman

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Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1771 On this day, heavy rains caused the ancient raised peat bog known as the Solway Moss to burst its earthen banks.…

The Day the Earth Burped: Solway Moss’s Dramatic Eruption of 1771

River Esk at Arthuret near the location of the Battle of Solway Moss.

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 17, 1771 On this day, nature unleashed a most peculiar and terrifying spectacle that would have made even the most stoic of gardeners tremble in their muddy boots. The ancient Solway Moss,…

Solway Moss Bursts and Covers Farmland in 1771

A natural landscape featuring a river, potentially the River Esk, near the historical site of Solway Moss.

The Battle of Solway Moss November 17, 1771 On this day, heavy rains caused the ancient raised peat bog known as the Solway Moss to burst over its earthen banks and flow down into a valley and cover 400 acres of farmland. The next day, Solway Moss covered the surrounding land with 15 feet of…

November 17, 2020 Ten Ways to Rewild, Solway Moss, William Barton, William Caparne, Archibald Lampman, The Garden Chef by Phaidon Editors, and Queen Charlotte