Posts Tagged ‘tomato’
May 14, 2021 Sloping Garden Ideas, George Cooper, Charles Joseph Sauriol, Lilacs for Lincoln, Healing in the Garden, Nature into Art by Thomas Christopher and James Mease
Today we celebrate a happy lyricist and poet. We’ll also remember a charming diary entry from 1938 by a Canadian conservationist and naturalist. We’ll honor a poem by Walt Whitman that inspired a beautiful composition that premiered this day in 1946. We hear an excerpt about the healing power of the garden. We Grow That…
Read MoreThe Tomatina Festival in Bunol, Spain: The Biggest Tomato Fight in the World
“The tradition started in 1945 when local children started a tomato fight in the town square. Now, every year, trucks bring in tons of tomatoes grown, especially for the event.” August 28, 2002 On this day, that Spaniards threw 120 tons of tomatoes at each other at the annual Tomatina festival in Bunol, Spain. Every year,…
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