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One of the things I love to do at the end of spending time in my garden is to make some tussie mussies.   Tussie mussies are also called nosegays or posies; they are small flower bouquets typically given as a gift. Mine are pretty small - with cuttings no longer than 6 inches. I like the charm of these little tussie mussies. They are super fun to drop off by someone's mailbox or simply to set down near the register of your favorite barista. They look perfect when placed on top of a book or added to the top of a gift-wrapped package.   Irene Deitsch wrote a book called Tussie Mussies a few years ago and she explained the etymology of the word tussie mussie - which I found quite helpful.   “A ‘tussie’ is a nosegay, which is a Middle English word for a small group of flowers held together in a little bouquet. 'Mussie’ refers to the moss that was moistened and put around the stems of the flowers to keep them from wilting. That’s why they’re called tussie-mussies.”         Brevities #OTD  Today is the anniversary of the death of Jeanne Baret who died on this day in 1807. Baret was the first woman to have circumnavigated the world as part of the expedition which was led by Louis Antoine de Bougainville.   Beret was able to join the expedition after posing as a valet to the expedition's naturalist: Philibert Commerçon.   Before the expedition, Baret had been employed as Commerçon's housekeeper. A few years later his wife died and Baret took over the management of the household in addition to having a personal relationship with Commerçon.   Commerçon had poor health and it was likely that he needed Baret to join him on the expedition because he needed her assistance.   Baret herself was actually a botanist herself and her own right.  When the ship stopped in Rio de Janeiro, an old leg injury prevented Commerçon from collecting specimens. Thus , it was Baret who ventured out into the tropics and returned with the lovely tropical vine that would be named to honor the expedition's commander: Bougainvillea.     #OTD  It’s the birthday of Frederick William Calcut Paxford who was born on this day in 1898.   Paxford was CS Lewis's gardener from 1930 until Lewis' death in 1963.   Paxford was the inspiration for Puddleglum; the marsh Weigle and the silver chair in the chronicles of Narnia where Puddleglum was described  as,   “an inwardly optimistic, outwardly pessimistic, dear, frustrating, shrewd countryman of immense integrity.“   Paxford and Lewis were the same age. However, Paxford had served during World War I, and he had been gassed as a soldier.    Nearly a decade after the war, Lewis bought his property in Oxfordshire called the Kilns. When Paxford was hired, he spent many years preparing the grounds. He leveled the lawn in front of the house. He set out flowers and a Rose arbor. He established both an orchard and a vegetable garden. and he  helped raise rabbits and chickens.   Lewis called Paxford, “our indispensable factotum” (A factotem is an employee who does all kinds of tasks.)   Meanwhile, Paxford always referred to Sinclair Lewis as "Mr. Jack". Here are a few of Paxford's memories about Lewis:   "Mr. Jack loved the trees and would not have a tree cut down or lopped.  When we had to take some [branches] to make a rose trellis, we had to get them when he was away for a few days and cover up the cuts with mud so that they would not be seen."   Paxford lived in a little private Bungalow in the garden and he stayed there for 33 years. When Lewis died, Paxford was only bequeathed 100 pounds. To which he replied, "Well, it won’t take me far, will it?"   #OTD   Today is the anniversary of the death of Candice Wheeler who died on this day in 1923. Candice Wheeler is often called "the mother of interior design". In addition to design, Wheeler loved gardening and she helped create the artist community of Onteora.   Onteora was known for its unique homes and gardens. In its prime, it was a summer colony teaming with artists set in New York’s Catskill Mountains.   Wheeler’s garden was known as Wildmuir. Wildmuir had wonderful lawn, specimen rhododendrons, laurels, and evergreen trees. In the 1920s, Wildmuir was updated by Harold Caparn, who designed the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens.   Like Martha Stewart, Candice Wheeler was multitalented. Her publishing credits include a variety of books; from How to Make Rugsto Content in a Garden.   Content in a Gardenis partly an essay and partly a guide as to what can be grown in a small space. Wheeler wrote from her own experiences.  In a 1923 newspaper advertisement for the book, the reviewer wrote that Candice Wheeler and her daughter, Dora Wheeler Keith, "are thoroughly in sympathy with nature, of which the former writes as charmingly as the latter illustrates it."   And it was Candace Wheeler who said,   "One of the most perfect and unfailing joys of life is planting. It is the creative joy felt by God."       Unearthed Words Today, we honor the poetry of Wendell Erdman Barry, an American author whose extraordinary nature poetry grew out of his experiences as a farmer.    Barry is responsible for so many wonderful quotes and poems. It was difficult to pick just a few. Here are some of my favorites:   "Eating is an agricultural act." "Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup." “Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.”  “I don't believe that grief passes away. It has its time and place forever. More time is added to it; it becomes a story within a story. But grief and griever alike endure.”        Today's book recommendation: The Herb Garden Cookbook by Lucinda Hutson Southern Livingsaid this about Lucinda Hutson's book:   "Lucinda Hutson’s garden is something of a legend in Austin. An invitation from Lucinda, an authority on ethnic herbs and an accomplished cook, to sample a new dish or special punch in her flamboyant setting is a guaranteed fiesta. . . . And her gusto for entertaining and cooking is exemplified in her recipes [in] The Herb Garden Cookbook."   If you’ve ever wondered what to do with all the herbs growing in your garden, Hutson‘s book will be an inspiration for you.   This book was published back in 2003, but it is a classic. You can get used copies on Amazon using the link provided in today's show notes for under three dollars.     Today's Garden Chore Now is the time to start pansy seed for fall color to your beds and containers and window boxes.   Pansies can handle cooler temperatures. When your geraniums and begonias and other summer bloomers are starting to get leggy and spent, pansies are nice way to add a dash of color with their adorable little faces.   If you look closely at pansies, you’ll see that their petals are heart-shaped and they overlap. Despite their sweet faces, pansies are tough. They will survive a frost. They can bounce back from single-digit temperatures (which I think is incredible).    And remember, pansies love morning sun the best - they're not thrilled with hot afternoon sun. They're too cool for that.   Just a heads up: Pansy seed can be finicky and slow going, so check out some YouTube videos for germination tips to ensure success.     Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart   On this day in 1998, The Province out of Vancouver, British Columbia shared an article written by Peter Clough that caught my attention. The title was called Hydrangea Fest Yanked by Rootsand began with the sentence, "It’s a blooming shame."   Here’s what it said:   "Saturday was supposed to be the inaugural SurreyWhite Rock Hydrangea Blossom Festival.   For organizer Elaine Cramer, it was going to be the realization of a dream she's had for 15 years to bring a world-class floral parade to the Lower Mainland. Now it's not going to happen; not this year at least.   After months of planning, the parade has been cancelled. [...]   Elaine is no novice when it comes to hydrangeas. She actually studied them at university. Her garden's home to several varieties.   [Elaine] says Surrey was equally enthusiastic. In fact, she says, it was Mayor Doug McCallum who convinced her that the best route through Surrey was 152nd Street. So she was a little shocked two weeks ago when she sat down before the city's special-events committee to be told by chairwoman Council Judy Higginbotham that her permit had been denied.   She's been working with Surrey officials for more than a year and only now does she learn of the problem.   Elaine and her 30 volunteers plan to give away more than 10,000 hydrangea bushes between now and October with next year's parade in mind. That's if she can get a permit."     Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

Just when you thought you had winter beat… You thought wrong.   Surprise.     Unpredictable weather.   Dicey temperatures.   Gardeners need resilience.  If Spring’s arrival is dashing your hope,  start to look for the survivors in your garden. In your neighborhood. In your city.  On your social media feed.   Every Spring - no matter the conditions, there are successes.  Hardy Daffodils. Forsythia.  Lungwart.  Snowdrops.  Magnolias. Look for the plants that survive and thrive despite the challenges of Spring.  Plant more of those plants.  Find joy in those plants.  Improve your resiliency by mirroring the resilience of your garden. Brevities #OTD Born today in 1854, the extraordinary floral still life painter and teacher Mary Hiester Reid (Books By This Author).     Born in Pennsylvania, Mary Augusta Hiester met George Reid(who was six years younger than her) at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts during school sketching trips. George later recalled that the trips were not only great for art’s sake, but they also gave him the chance to be with, “the beautiful Mary Hiester on their expeditions”.    After that, they often worked together and that winter, Mary invited George to accompany her back home for a weekend of sketching on the Schuykill (“Sk-ooh-kill”) River.  Their fates were sealed together when they married in 1885.   The Reids spent every summer from 1891 to 1916 at Onteora(“Aunty Aura”), a private literary and artistic club founded by American artist Candace Wheeler in the Catskill Mountains near Tannersville, N.Y. They had a house and a studio, both designed on arts and crafts principles by George. They spent their time painting and teaching, their studio having accommodation for ten students, some of whom came from as far away as Toronto.   "A self-adopted Canadian who loved Canada", Mary was very humble.  In 1910, a reviewer wrote in The Globe, “Nothing can tempt her to talk about her pictures.”  Mary was one of the first women accepted into the Ontario Society of Artistsand the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.     Her painting, Hollyhocks, is a personal favorite.    Reid was the preeminent female artist of Canada when she died.   She was celebrated for her, "study and interpretation of Nature in those aspects that appealed most to her...glimpses of spring and autumn woodland, moonlit vistas, gorgeously colorful gardens, lovely skies, divinely tinted ends of evening, and the countless flowers of the fields….” In 1922, a year after her death, Reid was the first female to be featured with a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Toronto    She willed her husband to her friend and rival - the younger painter and printmaker (24 years her junior) Mary Evelyn Wrinch.   It’s the birthday of landscape architect David Darrell. A semi-retired Harford County landscape architect.  Darrell was born and raised in Claymont, Delaware, and was raised on his family's farm. Some of his commissions included the prayer garden at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, the Largo Animal Preserve in Prince George's County, and Little Lithuania Park near Hollins Market among others. He also designed courtyards and tennis courts. His wife Edna said  "David came into my life in August 2006; I was looking for someone to create a new garden. I looked in the Yellow Pages and five people came to interview. There was something about him. He studied the plants with big, gentle hands, he trimmed and shaped them. He was hired on the spot.”   David Darrel died of brain cancer in 2015. Unearthed Words Here’s a memorial poem for Mary Hiester Ried written by Canadian newspaperman and a native son of Scotland, Duncan Sutherland Macorquodale - reprinted in the 9th Volume of The Canadian Theosophist (Toronto) November 15, 1921 Vol 9. There’s a reference to Wychwood; the Reid's house, Upland Cottage, was located in Wychwood Park - an artist’s enclave of 60 homes tucked away in a private ravine setting atop the rolling wooded hills of the Davenport Ridge in Toronto.   MARY HIESTER REID  Obit. Oct. 4, 1921.    Free from the thrall called life,  Palette and brush laid down;  Off with achievement’s strife,  Donned the immortal’s crown;  Yet hovers she near ’neath the Wychwoodtree,  This, the roses she painted, tell to me.    Knelt not to gods of dress,  Knew naught of gossip’s blight,  Lived she to work and bless;  This was her heart’s delight.  And the smile of welcome to all she gave,  Would fashion a knight from the meanest slave.    Why mourn we our loved, laid low?  We also our time abide.  Are they lost because they go?  Nay! for they have not died.  The body rests, but the soul is free  To charm as of old with it’s melody.   Queen, both of roses and hearts,  Her mortal course well run;  Her’s ‘both the good and the better parts;  Martha, and Mary, in one.  Still reigns she here, while there her body lies.  The good, the pure, the noble, never dies.  Today's book recommendation  The Garden Awakening: Designs to Nurture Our Land and Ourselves By Mary Reynolds   An award-winning garden designer's practical how-to book with stories and philosophy.   The Garden Awakeningis a step-by-step manual to help create a garden in harmony with the life force in the earth; addressing not only what the people in charge of the land want but also asking what the land wants to become. Mary Reynolds demonstrates how to create a groundbreaking garden that is not simply a solitary space but an expanding, living, interconnected ecosystem. Drawing on old Irish ways and methods of working with the land, this beautiful book is both art and inspiration for any garden lover seeking to create a positive, natural space. Today's Garden Chore April is the perfect time to prune grape vines. Remove dead vines.  Guide vines along trellis, arbors, or fences.  Now is a great time to repair support structures as well. Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart #OTD The first Arbor Day in the US was observed in “treeless Nebraska” on April 10, 1872.  It was established for the state of Nebraska by the Honorable J. Sterling Mortonof Nebraska - later secretary of agriculture.  The most memorable stat from that first Arbor Day is that around a million trees were planted in Nebraska on this day in 1872 – the first Arbor Dayin America. Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: for a happy, healthy life - garden every day.

When you fill your tank up with E85, are you burning food for fuel? Don't biofuels take more energy to produce than we get out of them? Candace Wheeler is GM's foremost fuels expert, and she'll be in studio to answer all of your questions. And, don't fret, you'll get the panel's reaction to the latest news to cross the transom including the baffling appointment at the Cadillac brand. We'll discuss why GM chose an executive with no car experience to run this critical luxury division. Plus, NASCAR's smash 'n' crash races look increasingly stupid, so what should be done? Joining John McElroy to talk about all these topics and much more is Peter De Lorenzo, the one and only Autoextremist, and Drew Winter from WardsAuto.

A few years ago many believed ethanol was the answer to our fuel questions. There was refining capacity, plenty of corn and OEM commitment with their Flex Fuel option. Fast forward to 2012 and it’s a totally different landscape. There are more and more small cars on the road being powered by 40+mpg engines. But just as important, we’re facing the effects of the worst drought in 50 years. In fact, the USDA says the corn yield may come in at 1995 levels, which is worse than predicted. On Autoline This Week John McElroy talks to an expert panel for an in-depth look at the ethanol issue and see where we go from here. Joining John are Candace Wheeler from General Motors, James Frusti of Chrysler and Professor Bruce Dale from Michigan State University.

A few years ago many believed ethanol was the answer to our fuel questions. There was refining capacity, plenty of corn and OEM commitment with their Flex Fuel option. Fast forward to 2012 and it’s a totally different landscape. There are more and more small cars on the road being powered by 40+mpg engines. But just as important, we’re facing the effects of the worst drought in 50 years. In fact, the USDA says the corn yield may come in at 1995 levels, which is worse than predicted. On Autoline This Week John McElroy talks to an expert panel for an in-depth look at the ethanol issue and see where we go from here. Joining John are Candace Wheeler from General Motors, James Frusti of Chrysler and Professor Bruce Dale from Michigan State University.

A few years ago many believed ethanol was the answer to our fuel questions. There was refining capacity, plenty of corn and OEM commitment with their Flex Fuel option. Fast forward to 2012 and it’s a totally different landscape. There are more and more small cars on the road being powered by 40+mpg engines. But just as important, we’re facing the effects of the worst drought in 50 years. In fact, the USDA says the corn yield may come in at 1995 levels, which is worse than predicted. On Autoline This Week John McElroy talks to an expert panel for an in-depth look at the ethanol issue and see where we go from here. Joining John are Candace Wheeler from General Motors, James Frusti of Chrysler and Professor Bruce Dale from Michigan State University.

The IIHS just found a new way to destroy cars. The organization recently developed a test to simulate crashing into a tree, with numerous models failing with flying colors. BMW is allowing its dealers to reprogram its Stop-Start system so owners will not have to disable it each time the car is started. John talks with Candace Wheeler, a Technical Fellow at GM R and D about alternative fuels that are less alternative and more fuel. All that and more, plus a look at Chrysler's quality testing.