Yes, I love the old gardening books and love finding out about the writers of them! My current focus is on American women because I have the resources to do the research about them through newspapers.com and ancestry.com. The closest I've come to a British author is Daisy Abbott Thomson, a WWI bride from England who ended up in Minnesota... https://lostladiesofgardenwriting.substack.com/p/daisy-thomson-abbott
I must have shared this? https://annewareham.substack.com/p/substack-100-years-ago - and I'd love to know more about the book and writer.
Yes, I love the old gardening books and love finding out about the writers of them! My current focus is on American women because I have the resources to do the research about them through newspapers.com and ancestry.com. The closest I've come to a British author is Daisy Abbott Thomson, a WWI bride from England who ended up in Minnesota... https://lostladiesofgardenwriting.substack.com/p/daisy-thomson-abbott
Your posts are so informative and fun! Thank you for sharing with us.
You're welcome. I enjoy doing the research!
Ruth Stout - gardening from the couch, no dig, etc
And you must know Cicely M Barker?
What a lovely book! 💜