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Historical Garden Books: Biggle garden book; vegetables, small fruits and flowers for pleasure and profit (1908) by Jacob Biggle, – 19 in a Series

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Posted On : October 9, 2018 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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Historical Seed Catalogs: Flower seeds by Miss C.H. Lippincott (1903) – 8 in a series

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Posted On : October 7, 2018 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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Historical Garden Books: Around the year in the garden, a seasonable guide and reminder for work with vegetables, fruits, and flowers, and under glass (1917) by Rockwell, F. F. (Frederick Frye) – 18 in a Series

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Posted On : October 2, 2018 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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Historical Seed Catalogs: Choice flower seeds (1898) – 7 in a series

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Posted On : September 28, 2018 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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Historical Garden Books: Wood and garden; notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur (1910) by Gertrude Jekyll, 1843-1932 – 17 in a Series

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Posted On : September 25, 2018 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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Historical Seed Catalogs: Leonard’s seeds / Leonard Seed Company (1916) – 6 in a series

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Posted On : September 21, 2018 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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Historical Garden Books: The retir’d gard’ner by François Gentil,; Louis Liger (Reprint and translation, Original 1706) – 16 in a Series

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Posted On : September 18, 2018 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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Historical Garden Books: The Cottage Gardener – Collection of Weekly Newsletters (1849) – 15 in a Series

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Posted On : September 4, 2018 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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Historical Seed Catalogs: Adolphus Wysong; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog (1906)f – 5 in a series

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Posted On : September 1, 2018 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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How a Tomato Paid Off This Man’s Mortgage from the Smithsonian Channel [Video] (1:19)

A short clip on the Mortgage Lifter Tomato A tomato, that’s right, a tomato, helped lift one family out of poverty during the hard times of the 1930s. From the Continue Reading

Posted On : August 25, 2018 Published By : Douglas E. Welch

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