Showing posts with label garden. 2017. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden. 2017. Show all posts

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Teach The Children Well

World/International Teacher's Day has been celebrated on October 5th for more than two decades. It was started by UNESCO to recognize the invaluable and lasting positive contributions that teachers and teaching organizations make to the human condition. As gardeners we spend so much time absorbing information we often forget that whether we have a degree in education or not, we are obligated to pass on our knowledge and love of gardening to others. 

So where ever you can and whenever you can, pass along some of what you know to others, especially children. So that the fruits of our labor will be around for many seasons to come.

Saturday, August 19, 2017

What A Coincidence!


For the first time in my gardening experience, I'm growing container potatoes. And much to my surprise, August 18th is National Potato Day in the U.S. And one of the most popular varieties was developed in the 1870s by horticulturalist Luther Burbank. It is know as the Russet Burbank. McDonald's has used them to make its french fries for decades.