Thomas Blanchard

Thomas Blanchard

Nature Meets New Inventions  It was on this day in 1788, that the self-taught tinkerer Thomas Blanchard was born.    At the tender age of 13, Blanchard created a mechanical way to pare apples with a wire gauge.           This post was featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: helping gardeners find their…

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June 24, 2019 Where to Plant Lilies, Thomas Blanchard, Stephen Endlicher, Kona Coffee, Queen Elizabeth’s Cerus Atlantica Glauca, Paul McCartney, John Ciardi, Plant Names Simplified by Arthur Johnson, Joe Pye weed, Aven Nelson and the Rocky Mountain Herbarium

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Did you know that lilies enjoy being planted in part shade? They don’t really like to be baked in full sun. If you plant them in a little bit of shade, it will allow your plant to experience less stress, and thus, it will elongate its stem. Lilies that are grown in full sun tend…

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