I have this great old gardening book. It is called "The Gardeners Bed Book"by Richardson Wright . Bed Book book because it can be read in snippets at night in bed. The book was published in 1929. I love the old planting wisdom and the way the gardener approached life and gardening back then. I would like to share some of Richardson's snippets . This is the one that struck me today, why not try it and give yourself an inexpensive treat. Not only the early blooms flowers, but a reason to get out and cherish the first warm days of spring.
Before The Show. Although it is commonplace of gardening. I'm amazed at the people who are unaware that Spring-Flowering shrubs and trees can be brought indoors and brought to bloom in water. It's like peeking under a curtain before the show begins. Apparently lifeless twigs of Forsythia, Apples, Plums and such will break into leaf and blossom if kept in water in a warm room. About this season of the year we always carry cumbersome bundles of them into town and set them in a sunny window. The buds stand ready to uncurl, like a diver at the end of a spring-board and in a week or ten days, they take their flowery plunge, casting a spray of cheerful blossoms over the room. Excerpt from "The Gardeners Bed Book" by Richardson Wright
Before The Show. Although it is commonplace of gardening. I'm amazed at the people who are unaware that Spring-Flowering shrubs and trees can be brought indoors and brought to bloom in water. It's like peeking under a curtain before the show begins. Apparently lifeless twigs of Forsythia, Apples, Plums and such will break into leaf and blossom if kept in water in a warm room. About this season of the year we always carry cumbersome bundles of them into town and set them in a sunny window. The buds stand ready to uncurl, like a diver at the end of a spring-board and in a week or ten days, they take their flowery plunge, casting a spray of cheerful blossoms over the room. Excerpt from "The Gardeners Bed Book" by Richardson Wright
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