tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072140017254380063.post3258704071794469641..comments2023-10-26T06:47:07.948-04:00Comments on Serenity in the Garden: The 'Locavores' Save the WorldJan Johnsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07191467673642802778noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072140017254380063.post-61602094201897527772012-01-24T07:21:36.098-05:002012-01-24T07:21:36.098-05:00A fountain in a garden gives it an ambiance of ser...A fountain in a garden gives it an ambiance of serenity and elegance, whether the garden is big or small. You will find a wide selection of garden fountains to choose from when you search online. Sitting in your garden or enjoying the view from your patio as you listen to the trickle of water in the large fountain will fill you with a sense of peace.roofing contractor Aledo TXhttp://www.mmroofsystems.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072140017254380063.post-33577797064637261222010-05-31T21:01:03.618-04:002010-05-31T21:01:03.618-04:00language of flowers....go to http://www.greenhope...language of flowers....go to http://www.greenhopeessences.com/Jan Johnsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07191467673642802778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072140017254380063.post-59813232680197941242010-05-31T14:39:49.004-04:002010-05-31T14:39:49.004-04:00The Warner property is now called Constituion Isla...The Warner property is now called Constituion Island and is open for tours during summer months. Google Constitution Island--it's opposite West Point and you (well, we did) get there by launch from West Point. Anna and her famous sister Susan had to support themselves and relatives from the garden--and they also cut wood and fished. <br /><br />Actually, my specialization is the language of flowers--Google me for that. As for the other, longer story, but yes, I did a lot of work in garden writing. Do you want me to tell this here and take up blog space, or maybe e-mail you at your business??<br /><br />A personal note--today, May 31, I have reached my own serenity in the garden, in that all the planting is done--for the first time ever--by Memorial Day.Beverly Seatonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072140017254380063.post-33454260634681514042010-05-31T06:30:08.668-04:002010-05-31T06:30:08.668-04:00Whoa! your erudition amazes! Is this your area of ...Whoa! your erudition amazes! Is this your area of expertise? I have never heard of any of those books - not even the renowned Wendell Berry mentions them....<br /><br />and where is the Warner property?<br /><br />(The 'capcha' word is to prevent the roving computer sales ads from appearing in the comments section....so sorry)Jan Johnsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07191467673642802778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072140017254380063.post-29217558349088838082010-05-31T00:07:04.756-04:002010-05-31T00:07:04.756-04:00Ah so--I think the problem was that I did not see ...Ah so--I think the problem was that I did not see the test word until much later, and then sent it again. Hmm.<br /><br />Anyway, I have always loved the idea of survival gardens, as some call them. Never grew that much myself, too old now, too busy when younger. No Hispanics I guess.<br /><br />In the nineteenth century the notion of going back to the land to grow your own food paralleled the rise of cities. Some writers, like Edmund Morris in his Ten Acres Enough (1863), concerned themselves with selling produce. One of these was Anna B. Warner, whose Miss Tiller's Vegetable Garden and The Money She Made By It (1873), drew on her own experiences on the Warner property across from West Point. Bolton Hall's Three Acres and Liberty (1907) and A Little Land and a Living (1908) advocated intensive farming in the city. Five Acres and Independence by M.G. Kains revisited the issue during the depression. Liberty Hyde Bailey's Country Live in America, begun early in the century to better the cultural lives of farmers, published many back-to-the-land narratives from readers during the twenties and thirties, before ending as a picture magazine for elite hobby farmers.<br /><br />And then during the Mother Earth era, repeat.<br /><br />I am following the NYT coverage of the new locavore movement with interest. I'm with them in spirit.Beverly Seatonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072140017254380063.post-10385077534425142922010-05-30T21:43:24.940-04:002010-05-30T21:43:24.940-04:00Testing--I posted a comment last night and it did ...Testing--I posted a comment last night and it did not come up--after I hit "post comment" a test word came up, and I typed it. So I want to see if the system is working before I redo my comment. Or, of course, if I made a mistake.Beverly Seatonnoreply@blogger.com