posted July 19, 2017 03:31 PM            

(topic) The Wartime Kitchen & Garden {series} (UK) [55:29] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EeIQcWex5w

posted July 19, 2017 03:39 PM            

(topic) Prairie Yard & Garden: Growing Vegetables in the 1800s [28:46] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UhB4iOl-PA

"The Oliver Kelley Farm, located on the bluffs of the Mississippi River near Elk River, is an interpretive historical site that features an operational mid-1800 farmstead.
One feature of the farm is a historic garden where pioneer women and children raised vegetables for the family.

Host Larry Zilliox visits with Andrea Krist, a site interpreter from the Minnesota Historical Society, who educates guests on the raising and preserving of vegetables in the 1850s."

posted July 19, 2017 03:47 PM            

(topic) Tour of Organic Herb, Vegetable and Flower Gardens in Colonial Williamsburg (Homestead Dreamers) [16:24] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd0XYa5Jm4I

yt Jenny, a knowledgable young woman in Colonial dress, gives a tour of her organic vegetable, tea, medicinal herb and flower garden, telling us the uses of each plant, and shows us how to weave various trellises made from sticks and vines.

(topic) 18th-century Garden Techniques (Colonial Williamsburg) [3:10] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8lWwfctTeE

yt See the methods colonists used to help plants flourish in spite of the weather.
Colonial Williamsburg gardeners Wesley Greene and Don McKelvey take us through the Colonial Nursery, located in the Historic Area across the street from Bruton Parish Church, to show us the 18th-century tools that enabled colonists to keep fruits and vegetables protected over the winter.

posted July 22, 2017 05:51 PM            

REF Gaia's Garden Forum
'Tell me about your garden' {LL PlutoSurvivor}
- http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum9/HTML/001118-4.html

posted July 23, 2017 06:08 PM            

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Originally posted by mirage29:
Among some of my most satisfying memories, are the days I spent toiling or playing in fields and gardens.

REF Gaia's Garden Forum
'Tell me about your garden' {LL PlutoSurvivor}
- http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum9/HTML/001118-4.html

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posted July 27, 2017 07:47 PM            

(topic) The Bradford Watermelon Story (Mind of a Chef, history, funny and informative, 2013) [3:11] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljFJJ4kcNqU

yt... Dr. David Shields from the Carolina Gold Rice Foundation tells the story of the Bradford Watermelon.

posted July 31, 2017 05:05 PM            

And awwwwww.... How tweet, Randall!

Okay, let's welcome a Bird into this Garden... Let it also be a place to think about Life, and the things in our Heart, that resonate and also make an affect upon the Earth.

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(music) White Bird (It's A Beautiful, 1968) [6:20] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cin0QzuEss

posted August 12, 2017 12:44 PM            

When I was a babysitter in my teens, I used to let the kids make "creations"... (weird combinations of food). One rule was that they had to 'eat' whatever they'd create!