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“For those dependent on their gardens for fresh food, it was often a case of feast or famine... (One settler wrote), "Strawberries were now so plentiful that... I made 287 lbs of jam..."”

Quote by Bee Dawson

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Bee Dawson

Bee Dawson, born in 1954, is an enigmatic figure whose profession remains unknown. Details about his life and achievements are limited. more

Book:JOHN MUIR Ultimate Collection: Travel Memoirs, Wilderness Essays, Environmental Studies & Letters (Illustrated): Picturesque California, The Treasures of the Yosemite, Our National Parks, Steep Trails, Travels in Alaska, A Thousand-mile Walk to the Gulf, Save the Redwoods, The Cruise of the Corwin and more

Source: JOHN MUIR Ultimate Collection: Travel Memoirs, Wilderness Essays, Environmental Studies & Letters (Illustrated): Picturesque California, The Treasures of the Yosemite, Our National Parks, Steep Trails, Travels in Alaska, A Thousand-mile Walk to the Gulf, Save the Redwoods, The Cruise of the Corwin and more

“It is a simple matter to plant trees in straight lines, but informal groupings will test the sensitivities of the most experienced planter and the smaller the groups the more difficult they are to place.”

Matter Difficult Lines Simple Groups Tree Tests Plant Sensitivity Straight Lines Plant A Tree Planters

Book:Great gardens of Britain

Source: Great gardens of Britain

“There are some optimists who search eagerly for the skunk cabbage which in February sometimes pushes itself up through the ice, and who call it a sign of spring. I wish that I could feel that way about it, but I do not. The truth of the matter, to me, is simply that skunk cabbage blooms in the winter time.”

Way Feels Sometimes Matter Wish Spring Winter Ice Optimist February Cabbage Winter Time

Author:Joseph Wood Krutch

“Wood's not natural mulch for a woodland garden. Do you see forest trees shatter into a zillion pieces and fall? No. They fall, then decompose, then spread.”

Fall Natural Pieces Tree Garden Spread Woods Forests Woodland

Author:Janet Macunovich

“But there is one place where a person can make choices that will lead in a small way toward greater sanity in dealing with the natural order. That place is the private garden.”

Way Persons Order Choices Natural Greater Garden Sanity Lead In Natural Order