This is a fascinating post! Unearthing the stories of women who contributed to gardening (and so many other pursuits) is so important. Thank you for highlighting Ms. Jones. Definitely subscribing.
Fascinating! I love your posts! - and it brought me back to NY garden scene in the 70s. I had just come from living on an organic farm and studying landscape architecture in Hawaii- came home to NY and everything was chemical based. The arguments for chemical usage were everywhere.
Thanks! I enjoyed meeting Bea via her columns and I hope someday to find that booklet somewhere (a long-shot) And yes, she seemed adamant about using chemicals... even referring to a study done by a professor-friend, which, as the organic gardeners pointed out, didn't really give organic a chance. It was a one-season study in which nothing was done to the organically grown vegetables besides adding some manure to the soil.
Another intriguing garden lady! Thank you!
Awesome article! I thoroughly enjoyed reading it!
This is a fascinating post! Unearthing the stories of women who contributed to gardening (and so many other pursuits) is so important. Thank you for highlighting Ms. Jones. Definitely subscribing.
Thanks. It's a fun project.
Fascinating! I love your posts! - and it brought me back to NY garden scene in the 70s. I had just come from living on an organic farm and studying landscape architecture in Hawaii- came home to NY and everything was chemical based. The arguments for chemical usage were everywhere.
Thanks! I enjoyed meeting Bea via her columns and I hope someday to find that booklet somewhere (a long-shot) And yes, she seemed adamant about using chemicals... even referring to a study done by a professor-friend, which, as the organic gardeners pointed out, didn't really give organic a chance. It was a one-season study in which nothing was done to the organically grown vegetables besides adding some manure to the soil.
I remember having those conversations with my ag professor! Quite heated- 1972. I would like to tell you what happened at some point….