Once upon a time, I lost my footing near an old gardening book, fell in, and ever since then I have been making my way from one book to another, finding all kinds of nuggets of gardening wit and …
Professor Hortledore teaches her first gardening class
Good morning, class! Good morning, Professor Hortledore. Well, class, don't you all look spiffy and shiny and ready to learn. Today in gardening class we are going to discuss "what elements …
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The Spirit of the Garden
If you wonder why I buy and read old gardening books, I hope this passage from The Spirit of the Garden by Martha Brookes Hutcheson (1923) explains it. "Above all, let us have a sense of seclusion in …
The Little Garden series… reunited
The end of the story... I fell into a giant rabbit hole of old gardening books and when I finally found my way out, I brought with me, all the way from the 1920's, the nine books in The Little Garden …
Rose Day at May Dreams Gardens
Welcome to Rose Day at May Dreams Gardens. Following the tradition of the Plant Doctor, Cynthia Westcott, I am showing you my roses on the second Sunday of June. Westcott was a plant pathologist who …
My Holy Grail of Old Gardening Books
My holy grail of old gardening books. A plain cover with a simple drawing of some little spring flowering bulbs. Inside, the title page shows that it is The Little Bulbs by Elizabeth …
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