Port Douglas gardener cherishes daylilies across summers
Beth Kelley tends a diverse collection of daylilies linked to her late mother. She notes 24 varieties among about 80 plants, with blooms from June to July and 200–400 flowers per plant each year. She divides, deadheads, and fertilizes lightly to sustain thriving beds beside a landscape pond.
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Port Douglas County
Beth Kelley
Kelley
Kansas
Midwest
Garden Calendar Notes On Daylilies And Roses
Garden calendar describes rose of Sharon shrubs beside ruffly peach daylilies and purple coneflowers. It explains daylilies are not true lilies with grassy leaves and multiple upright stalks. Jennifer Smith, K-State Douglas County horticulture agent, can be reached at 843-7058.
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Jennifer Smith
Douglas County
Pie safes and jelly cupboards in antique collecting
The article explains pie safes also called kitchen safes and jelly cupboards, their pierced tin doors for air circulation, and their decline with refrigeration. It notes regional terms, sugar chests, and the storage use by collectors, plus a Roseville Cherry Blossom example and a 1830 Butternut wood pie safe sold for 1955 at Cottone Auctions.
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Roseville
Cottone
Geneseo
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