Thank you, Carol. Hooray for Elda and seeds. I like her outdoor seed sowing recipe. I'm not that thorough either, but I've given up grow lights and am back to sowing into soil outdoors. It requires vigilance to keep the seeds watered the first few weeks.
I love reading your posts (when I have time - I’m a teacher and struggle during the semester to read for pleasure.) This might be my own lack of research, but I struggle to find many research articles about American women gardeners. Your posts are a breath of fresh air! I often come across the contributions of English women gardeners (which I adore!) But it’s refreshing to learn about American women gardeners, as well. You may have highlighted Katherine S White before. If so, I missed it. I am reading her book Onward and Upward in the Garden. It’s a book where she reviews seed catalogs. It has been a joy to read this history of the seed companies and what they offered in the past. In any event, I enjoy your posts when I can get to them!
Thank you! I just added Katherine S White to the list to write about. Her book, Onward and Upward in the Garden, is a classic. Well worth reading, even today.
A seed is indeed a wonderful mystery! And I remember the Gardening section of newspapers on Saturdays! Neil Sperry continued that tradition for a long time until he, too, dropped off the vine...
Thank you, Carol. Hooray for Elda and seeds. I like her outdoor seed sowing recipe. I'm not that thorough either, but I've given up grow lights and am back to sowing into soil outdoors. It requires vigilance to keep the seeds watered the first few weeks.
What a fun article! Thank you. Love the quote about seeds.
I love it, Carol. These posts are so interesting. Finding out about ladies who gardened in the past and left a legacy.
Thank you for bringing her to my attention, Lisa!
I love reading your posts (when I have time - I’m a teacher and struggle during the semester to read for pleasure.) This might be my own lack of research, but I struggle to find many research articles about American women gardeners. Your posts are a breath of fresh air! I often come across the contributions of English women gardeners (which I adore!) But it’s refreshing to learn about American women gardeners, as well. You may have highlighted Katherine S White before. If so, I missed it. I am reading her book Onward and Upward in the Garden. It’s a book where she reviews seed catalogs. It has been a joy to read this history of the seed companies and what they offered in the past. In any event, I enjoy your posts when I can get to them!
Thank you! I just added Katherine S White to the list to write about. Her book, Onward and Upward in the Garden, is a classic. Well worth reading, even today.
A seed is indeed a wonderful mystery! And I remember the Gardening section of newspapers on Saturdays! Neil Sperry continued that tradition for a long time until he, too, dropped off the vine...
Those were the days!