Category Archives: Gardens and Crops

We Get Back to that Hoe with New Strength

Posted on June 23, 2012 by prairieyesteryear

At age 86, Pearl Wilborn recalled her days as a wife and mother on the farm in Missouri, about 1915 into the 1950’s: “I have told many things about my growing up on a farm the first 19 years of … Continue reading →

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Seed Company Catalogs Over the Years

Posted on February 12, 2012 by prairieyesteryear

After Christmas, gardeners began receiving nursery seed catalogs.  Most of us can recall our parents or grandparents receiving catalogs from such familiar names as Burpee, Henry Field, Gurney, Shumway, and Stark, to mention only a few.  The colorful pictures of … Continue reading →

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