Year around Gardening in the Carolinas Echoes 1975 Wisdom
A reflective column links seventies gardening prompts to today with a nod to Eleanor Haasis and her Year around Gardening Southern Style. It recalls ten resolutions, plant notes, and garden sites across South Carolina, Clemson, and Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Austin
Betty Coward
Eleanor Haasis
Aiken
Ms. Haasis
St. Thaddeus Church
South Carolina Botanical Garden
Clemson
Hopelands Garden
Wwwilovegardens
Atlanta Botanical Garden
South Carolina
Vouchsafe
Eleanor W. Haasis
Victory Gardens Lessons From Wartime Antiques
A reader recalls a 1942 Victory Gardens pamphlet found in an antique shop. The book extols compact plots, intensive cultivation, and wartime ethics, listing practical “Don’ts” for beginners and noting civic food programs that boosted home and community gardens nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pound Ridge
N.Y
Victory Backyard Gardens
TH. Everett
New York Botanical Garden
Everett
Victory Gardens
Cereus Gardeners Teach Holiday Table Setting and Arbor Day Tree Planting
At recent meetings Cereus Gardeners learned holiday table settings by Mrs. Peggy Burney a National Master Flower Show judge. They decorated a Doll House Christmas display, planted a tree for Arbor Day at Habitat House on St John’s Place, and planned an herbal cooking demonstration on Jan 18. Libby Scott won Camellia Show honors in Perry Georgia with multiple top awards. The club also offered litter cleanup help near the park across from the Antique Mall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cereus
Hopelands
Rye Patch
Peggy Burney
St. John’s Place
Aiken County
Libby Scott
Perry
Aiken Offers Christmas Tree Recycling at City Sites
The City of Aiken announces tree recycling with drop offs at H. Odell Weeks Activities Center Citizens Park and Smith Hazel Recreation Center. Trees accepted daily through January 7 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Call 642 7681 for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
H. Odell Weeks
Citizens Park
Smith-Hazel Recreation Center
Dairy farmers push for environmental certification in California
In Sacramento, Sirview Dairy farmer Ann Silva welcomes voluntary inspections under the California Dairy Quality Assurance Program. The on site exam covers waste management and environmental compliance. More than 1,400 dairymen have completed some coursework, with 2,300 dairies in the state generating a $4 billion industry in 1999.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Ann Silva
Central Valley
California Department of Food and Agriculture
Silva
California Dairy Quality Assurance Program
Tracy Ranch
Michael Payne
University of California, Davis
California
California Farm Bureau Federation
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Bob Polomski
Carolinas
Edisto Gardens
Orangeburg
Sumter
Charleston Gardens
Riverbanks
Whitman Publishing Co
Racine, Wis
Claude R. Wickard
World
Defense Office
Cereus Gardeners
Horne
Pest Control Company, Inc
Carolina Fresh Farms
Centipede Tay
Columbia
Spartanburg
Ciaia
Sirview
Fat Man
Laney-Walker
Washington Rdt
Www
Fatmans.com
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