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LarryR
South Amana, IA
(Zone 5a)
January 26, 2009
02:42 AM Post #6052021
| Great article, Carrie. I've added a link from my seed-saving article to your article, along with directions for accessing other theme week articles. Best--Larry☼ |
carrielamont
Milton, MA
(Zone 6a)
January 26, 2009
10:00 AM Post #6052535
| Thanks, Larry. There's already one to yours in mine, right? Yours was REALLY interesting and exciting; those are things I never thought about before. |
sallyg
Anne Arundel Co., MD
(Zone 7a)
January 26, 2009
11:36 AM Post #6052833
| Well done! I shouldn't have doubted that this could be interesting. Good point about the lack of other reading material choices, and the dissemination of info from East to wild West. I do save the really good catalogs each year as a reference. |
carrielamont
Milton, MA
(Zone 6a)
January 26, 2009
12:46 PM Post #6053114
| How on earth do you keep track? And I doubted it would be interesting!!! Thanks for writing, Sally! |
duchessdreams
Reno, NV
January 26, 2009
05:13 PM Post #6054226
| Great artical! I have a reproduction of a Sears catolog from the 1800s and love how much it contained. Fasination way of looking at history. |
Pamgarden
Central, VA
(Zone 7b)
January 26, 2009
06:23 PM Post #6054521
| What a great article. I remember the Burpee catalog in my grandparents living room back in the early 50's. I never thought of it as a historical document until now. |
carrielamont
Milton, MA
(Zone 6a)
January 26, 2009
07:28 PM Post #6054798
| Oh, Burpee and the rest all have archives now and are actively collecting that kind of stuff. Thank you for your kind comments! |
Bookerc1
Mackinaw, IL
(Zone 5a)
January 26, 2009
08:04 PM Post #6054939
| Great article--one of my favorites from the theme week! As an avid reader, I had a moment of horror at the thought of how hard reading materials were to come by. Not that I don't pore over my seed catalogs anyway, but I'd hate for them to be the ONLY thing to read! No wonder Lincoln would walk miles to borrow a book. . .
:o)
Angie
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carrielamont
Milton, MA
(Zone 6a)
January 26, 2009
09:49 PM Post #6055464
| Oh, I know! I've got to have something to read to get myself to sleep at night. My house is overflowing with books, because I can't bear to let them go. Imagine how desperate you and I would be - we'd be reading the "begat' chapters over and over, until the seed catalog got there in the spring. Thanks for your comment, Angie! |
