Greetings Harvesting History Friends and Neighbors! The 2019 New Year begins today and with it the start of the 2019 gardening season. This season our newsletters will focus on three types of gardeners: • Traditional Heirloom Gardeners, • Teachers Who Inspire Children to Become Gardeners and • Container Gardeners This newsletter’s topic, the first of the season, is DAHLIAS. For…
Peas-Earliest, Sweetest, Easiest to Grow
Greetings Harvesting History Friends and Neighbors! The 2019 New Year begins in 3 days and with it the start of the 2019 gardening season, but we are getting a jump start on the season with our first newsletter of the 2019 season today. This season our newsletters will focus on three types of gardeners: • Traditional Heirloom Gardeners, • Teachers…
The Poinsettia’s Story-America’s Christmas Flower
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.…
Gardening Gifts That Children Will Never Forget – Part 2
WE WILL NOT TAKE ORDERS FOR CHRISTMAS DELIVERY AFTER MONDAY, DECEMBER 17TH. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO PLACE AN ORDER FOR DELIVERY IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS, PLEASE DO SO BY MONDAY, DECEMBER 17TH. ALL ORDERS PLACED AFTER DECEMBER 17TH WILL BE FILLED ASAP, BUT MAY NOT ARRIVE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Pot Maker MAKES A GREAT STOCKING STUFFER – BUY NOW! Of…
Gardening Gifts That Children Will Never Forget
Zinnia, Royal Purple MAKES A GREAT HOLIDAY GIFT – BUY NOW! Of all the gifts that you can give to a child, the gift of your time – time spent with a child – is unquestionably the greatest gift of all Time spent with a child gardening, of all the child-worthy activities, tops the list. Gardening brings children outside, gives…
The Haws Watering Cans – 130 Years Of Gardening Excellence
Haws Heritage Metal Outdoor Watering Can MAKES A GREAT HOLIDAY GIFT, BUY NOW! Today’s newsletter will introduce you to the Haws Heritage Watering Cans. These are gifts for gardeners that we would really love to have ourselves and that are now available in our BRAND NEW website sections – Gardening Tools & Equipment, Beneficial Bugs and Gift Certificates. While a…
The North American Natives
There are very few North American Native spring flowering bulbs. I know of only 5: Erythronium tuolumnense, Camassia cusicki, Camassia quamash, Allium cernuum and Allium amplectens. These five bulbs are rarely found in the gardens of Americans even though they represent our bulb heritage. Erythronium tuolumnense BUY NOW FOR FALL PLANTING Erythronium tuolumnense, AKA The Dogtooth Violet, is native…