tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098246906338279953.post5226874933020667..comments2024-01-26T15:20:49.568-06:00Comments on Itawamba History Review: The Itawamba Historical Society: Into the Woods on a Winter DayBob Frankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06044933010329922610noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098246906338279953.post-34345973049924539182009-03-16T06:26:00.000-05:002009-03-16T06:26:00.000-05:00Thanks for the hat tip Don. Bettye, I remember aro...Thanks for the hat tip Don. Bettye, I remember around these parts when I was a kid folks would plant a row of marigolds in the garden. Once I asked my mom why folks did this and she said it was to help keep the bugs out of the garden. Gardens were always so pretty with that long row of flowering plants.Bob Frankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044933010329922610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098246906338279953.post-90218545182648809612009-03-15T23:22:00.000-05:002009-03-15T23:22:00.000-05:00Besides being much larger in the illustrations, th...Besides being much larger in the illustrations, those plants as photographed were always such perfect specimens of what we wished to grow - never any brown or yellow edges or holes left in cabbages etc. from the cabbage worms! One year I decided to grow brussel sprouts and they were getting almost large enough to pull from the stalk as I observed them one day and then, the next day I discovered that they were wonderful fodder for some type of black bug that was crawling all over the plant. In an attempt to save our garden, we had to pull the brussel sprout plants up. By the way, I have been told that planting nasturtiums as a border plant in the garden will keep those undesirable plant destroying bugs away. Has anyone ever tried this? bettyeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098246906338279953.post-78915587218934275092009-03-15T22:53:00.000-05:002009-03-15T22:53:00.000-05:00Hat Tip to you!! I loved the post and the photogra...Hat Tip to you!! I loved the post and the photography was outstanding in catching Itawamba in it beauty. ThanksDon Dulaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17332375714278624730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098246906338279953.post-89935001696225075392009-03-15T18:22:00.000-05:002009-03-15T18:22:00.000-05:00I had forgotten about the seed catalogs Bettye. Wh...I had forgotten about the seed catalogs Bettye. When I was a kid, the seed catalogs were always fun to read. However, the vegetables shown in the illustrations always seemed bigger and prettier than what we grew.Bob Frankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044933010329922610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098246906338279953.post-70622458763130079132009-03-15T11:27:00.000-05:002009-03-15T11:27:00.000-05:00Bob, your walk in the woods yesterday provided you...Bob, your walk in the woods yesterday provided you with just another vision that spells the arrival of spring. And yes, the tiny water droplets hanging onto the delicate redbud flowers shows that the flowers have had a "bath". The combination of the redbud and the Carolina Jasmine share arrivals of spring warnings with two other flowers of trumpet shapes: daffodils and Forsythia. Ironically, the other announcement of springtime can be enjoyed from the warmth of the inside: all the gardening seed and plant catalogs arriving in our mail boxes and the start of a new year of golf tournaments! bettyeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com