Ashwin Nanjappa 👨💻 · @codeyarns
67 followers · 2110 posts · Server hachyderm.ioThe world of printed seed catalogs (200+ still exist) and mail ordering seeds for your garden. How quaint, I didn't realize all of this still existed! 🌱
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/20/what-we-learn-from-leafing-through-seed-catalogues
Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
1056 followers · 778 posts · Server mindly.social
#February 1, 1904
#OTD S.J. Perelman, American #Humorist, is born.
In his #Book '#Acres and Pains' (1943), Sidney wrote his transformation fr/ a city #Lazybones to #Country squire. He also shared the relatable frenzy caused by #SeedCatalogs:
"The children need a #Pumpkin for #Halloween & let's have plenty of #Beets. We can make our own lump sugar!
Then someone discovers the #Hybrids: the #Onion crossed w/ a #Pepper or a new vanilla-flavored #Turnip that plays the 'St. James Infirmary Blues.'"
#february #otd #humorist #book #acres #Lazybones #country #seedcatalogs #Pumpkin #halloween #beets #hybrids #onion #pepper #turnip
Wigwam Jones · @wigwam
65 followers · 299 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
And so it begins...
Susan Hayse :wordpress: · @susancycles
37 followers · 12 posts · Server wptoots.social
It's here! It's here! That giddy time of year! The time for forgetting your defeats and making starry-eyed plans! #seedcatalogs #garden