Seeds

Tic-tac seed containers

Cosmos. Giant Mixed. Ferry’s Seed Annual (1913). https://archive.org/stream/seedannual19131913dmfe#page/2/mode/2up

vintage seed catalog

17C Europeans landing on America's East Coast coped with new weather patterns & geography by creating spaces to meet basic needs for shelter, food, & safety. As time passed, most still grew food plants; but with expanding families & importation of indentured servants & slaves, farm fields often became export enterprises. In the 18-19C, many gentry transformed their formal gardens into art to project a desired image to others - their wealth, power, refinement, & beliefs.

seed box

Our freeze date guideline for planting spring & summer annuals is April 15th~ I’ve been ready for the bloom, enjoying violas that will tolerate cold temperatures~ Patience is not my fort…

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Early C19th seed drawers.

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Rices Seed Cabinet with seed packets.

Since taking the Month of August "off from selling" ... ~ I've been getting a lot of much needed ORGANIZING DONE around the house... I've a...

I’ve been Dressing & Harvesting~ Planting bits of Fall & Blooms in my Potting Shed! You can take a peek at how the outside is dressed, here. My Ferry’s Seeds Box is a perennial …

Briggs, Rice's, Mandeville and King, Ferry, Bowen and other seed boxes.

Happy Halloween! May the goblins pass over you and no witches bring you fright! Hee-hee! Well, it’s happening. . .I’m doing something I never thought I would. That is start taking down my Halloween décor before Halloween. I have a friend that does this every year and we give her such a hard time. Now, I must eat my own words! On Weds. I started thinking of everything I needed to get done before our daughter and sil arrive home late Fri. night from their year of touring Europe. Did I mention…