The Historic Gardener

Two of my passions in life are researching history and gardening. Consequently, the more time I spend with my nose in a book or digging in the dirt, the happier I am.

For me, studying the past and tending a garden are related activities. For one cannot plant a new garden without incorporating basic techniques practiced in the olden days. And in order to find and employ these methods, a reasonable amount of research must be done. Thus, in my mind, gardeners make excellent historians.