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  • For An Extraordinary 2020 Garden – 7 Flowers That Must Be Planted In August 2019

    Aug 05, 2019 Categories: Annuals, Beneficial Bugs, Container Plants, Garden Tools, Growing Instructions, Perennials, Pollinators, Seeding the Future

    Canterbury Bells For An Extraordinary 2020 Garden - 7 Flowers That Must Be Planted In August 2019 Spring is definitely not the only season for planting flowers, vegetables and herbs. The months of August - November present numerous opportunities for planting flowers, vegetables and herbs, FROM SEED, that will mature throughout the fall or during the spring and summer of the following year. In fact, I have consistently found that mid-season and fall planting is easier, with higher rewards than spring planting. In this newsletter we will discuss seven flowers that can and should be planted from seed in August or the months from September to November. Hollyhock Indian Spring Hollyhocks are a very, very old cultivated flower which probably originated in Turkey or parts of Asia and was introduced into Great Britain in

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  • The Constitutional Convention Story: Installment #4

    Jul 03, 2019 Categories: Annuals, Bulbs, Garden Tools, Growing Instructions, Perennials, Pollinators, Seeding the Future, Uncategorized, Vegetables

    This is the fourth installment of four retold from Andrea Wulf’s book, The Founding Gardeners. The Constitutional Convention Story: Installment #4 A Pathway in the Bartram Garden Monday, July 16th dawned crisp and clear and cool. Though the air temperature had improved substantially, the tempers of the gentlemen delegates in the closed hall of the Pennsylvania State House were as hot as ever. That Monday only 10 states (Of the 13 original colonies) were voting. Six votes would be required to either defeat or accept The Connecticut Plan. Rhode Island was boycotting the Convention. The New Hampshire delegates had not yet arrived, and of the three New York delegates only Alexander Hamilton had arrived so that state did nothave a quorum and was not eligible to vote. As the voting started, one by

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  • The Constitutional Convention Story: Installment #1

    Jul 01, 2019 Categories: Annuals, Bulbs, Perennials, Pollinators, Seeding the Future, Uncategorized, Vegetables

    The Family Home of John Bartram The Constitutional Convention Story: Installment #1 In 4 days we will celebrate the birth of this nation. Last year, as part of this celebration, Harvesting History posted a story of The Constitutional Convention and The Great Compromise that made the United States a reality. From July 1 through July 4th this year, we are going to repeat this story as a series of 4 newsletters. The story is somewhat complicated which is why we are retelling it in 4 installments. I apologize to each of you that feels that 4 newsletters in one week is too many. It is, but this story is worth telling and retelling. At a time when this nation faces, perhaps, its greatest challenges since its founding, it is

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  • How Zinnias Were Used To Communicate The Unspeakable During The Victorian Era

    Apr 12, 2019 Categories: Annuals, Container Plants, Growing Instructions, Pollinators, Seeding the Future, Uncategorized

    The King of Purple Zinnias – Royal Purple How Zinnias Were Used To Communicate The Unspeakable During The Victorian Era WE’RE BACK!!! Thank all of you who visited our booths during the 2019 Indoor Flower Show Season, and a special thanks from me, personally, to those of you who cameto thank me for these newsletters. You have no idea how powerful the impact of a simple expression of thanks can be. Now that spring is really underway in most parts of the country, we are going to publish our newsletters every two weeks. It is time for all of you gardeners to be outside with your hands in the soil and your hearts with your plants. What precious little free time you have should be spent enjoying your gardens not staring at

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  • The Poinsettia’s Story-America’s Christmas Flower

    Dec 21, 2018 Categories: Annuals, Container Plants, Growing Instructions, Seeding the Future, Uncategorized

    It is time to stop with the advocating for our commercial products and to return to what we do best with our newsletters – teaching you about your horticultural heritage and motivating you to grow some heirlooms in your garden. With that in mind, we conclude this Christmas holiday with one of the greatest horticultural stories of the Christmas season. The Poinsettia Story Of all the flowers and herbs associated with the celebration of Christmas, the poinsettia is considered the quintessential Christmas flower. The poinsettia and the amaryllis are the only New World plants that have come to be a part of the Christmas holiday. The legend of the poinsettia is that one Christmas Eve, a little Mexican girl –child of a very poor family – was crying

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