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May 25, 2021 Strawberry Rocks, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jamaica Kincaid, Weed Empathy, Plant Identification Terminology by James G. Harrison, and Theodore Roethke
Today we celebrate a man who changed his personal beliefs and life philosophy after studying nature. We’ll also learn about a woman who writes about her lifelong relationship with the garden. We hear an excerpt about the spring garden with a bit of empathy for what it is like to be a weed. We Grow…
Read MoreA Look Back at Green Bay’s Dial-A-Garden-Tipline From 1975
“Readers could dial the number at any time and hear a taped garden message.” July 17, 1975 On this day, the Green Bay Press-Gazette shared a little notice for their “Dial-A-Garden-Tipline.” Readers could dial the number at any time and hear a taped garden message. Here were the topics posted in the paper: July 17…
Read MoreThe Biography of Indiana Botanist Charles Clemon Deam by Robert Kriebel
“Suddenly, Charlie quickly opened the drawer, pulled out the gun, and fired two or three shots through the open window, making some disparaging comments about the “canine ancestry of a rabbit,” which had been terrorizing his garden.” July 16, 1987 On this day, The Indianapolis Star announced that the biography of Charles Clemon Deam, the…
Read MoreTransplanting
by Theodore Roethke Watching hands transplanting, Turning and tamping, Lifting the young plants with two fingers, Sifting in a palm-full of fresh loam,– One swift movement,– Then plumping in the bunched roots, A single twist of the thumbs, a tamping, and turning, All in one, Quick on the wooden bench, A shaking down, while the…
Read MoreJuly 10, 2019 Parsley, Asa Gray, Melville T. Cook, Elvin McDonald, Spiranthes parksii, Roy Lancaster, Theodore Roethke, Perennial Garden Plants by Graham Stuart Thomas, Planting Shade Trees, and Bewitched
Are you growing parsley? I am. But I generally only plant the flat-leaf variety – since the curly leaf parsley is used mainly as a garnish. Parsley is a member of the Umbelliferae family, which also includes celery, carrots, dill, cilantro, caraway, cumin, and the poisonous hemlock. Brevities #OTD On this day in…
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