Author: Patrick Neill
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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The Practical Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Gardener's Companion
Author: Patrick Neill
Publisher:
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Publisher:
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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The Garden Diary of Martha Turnbull, Mistress of Rosedown Plantation
Author: Martha Turnbull
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807144126
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Recovered in the mid-1990s from the attic of a Turnbull family descendant, Martha Turnbull's garden diary offers the most extensive surviving first-hand account of nineteenth-century plantation life and gardening in the Deep South. Landscape architecture professor and preservationist Suzanne Turner spent fifteen years transcribing and annotating the original manuscript, making it accessible to twenty-first-century gardening enthusiasts. The resulting dialogue between Turnbull's diary entries and Turner's illuminating notes demonstrates the pivotal role that kitchen and pleasure gardens held in the lives of planter families. In addition, the diary documents the relationship between the mistress and the enslaved whose labor made her vast gardens possible. Turner's exquisite interpretation reveals not only an energetic gardener but also a well-read one, eager to experiment with the newest gardening trends. Illustrated with engravings from period books, journals, and nursery catalogs, Turner's annotations provide the reader with a deeper understanding of American horticultural history. The diary, spanning the years 1836 through 1894, reveals the portrait of a courageous and resilient woman. After the tragic loss of her two sons and husband prior to the Civil War, Martha assumed full responsibility for her family and the plantation. She endured living under siege during the war and persevered during Reconstruction by growing and selling food as a truck farmer. By working daily in her ornamental garden and faithfully maintaining her diary for nearly sixty years, she found the solace and peace to look forward to the future.
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807144126
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Recovered in the mid-1990s from the attic of a Turnbull family descendant, Martha Turnbull's garden diary offers the most extensive surviving first-hand account of nineteenth-century plantation life and gardening in the Deep South. Landscape architecture professor and preservationist Suzanne Turner spent fifteen years transcribing and annotating the original manuscript, making it accessible to twenty-first-century gardening enthusiasts. The resulting dialogue between Turnbull's diary entries and Turner's illuminating notes demonstrates the pivotal role that kitchen and pleasure gardens held in the lives of planter families. In addition, the diary documents the relationship between the mistress and the enslaved whose labor made her vast gardens possible. Turner's exquisite interpretation reveals not only an energetic gardener but also a well-read one, eager to experiment with the newest gardening trends. Illustrated with engravings from period books, journals, and nursery catalogs, Turner's annotations provide the reader with a deeper understanding of American horticultural history. The diary, spanning the years 1836 through 1894, reveals the portrait of a courageous and resilient woman. After the tragic loss of her two sons and husband prior to the Civil War, Martha assumed full responsibility for her family and the plantation. She endured living under siege during the war and persevered during Reconstruction by growing and selling food as a truck farmer. By working daily in her ornamental garden and faithfully maintaining her diary for nearly sixty years, she found the solace and peace to look forward to the future.
The American Grape Grower's Guide
Author: William Chorlton
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Category : Grapes
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Publisher:
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Category : Grapes
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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The American Grape Grower's Guide, Etc
Author: William CHORLTON
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Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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The Vine-dresser's Manual
Author: Charles Reemelin
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Category : Berries
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Category : Berries
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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The Complete Farmer and Rural Economist
Author: Thomas Green Fessenden
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 672
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 672
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New Process for the Culture of the Vine
Author: Jean Persoz
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Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Elements of Scientific Agriculture
Author: John Pitkin Norton
Publisher: University of Michigan Library
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Publisher: University of Michigan Library
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Landscape Gardening
Author: Charles H. J. Smith
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Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The American Farm Book, Or, Compend of American Agriculture : Being a Practical Treatise on Soils, Manures, Draining Irrigation, Grasses, Grain, Roots, Fruits, Cotton, Tobacco, Sugar Cane, Rice, and Every Staple Product of the United States : with the Best Methods of Planting, Cultivating, and Preparation for Market : Illustrated by More Than 100 Engravings
Author: Richard Lamb Allen
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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