What’s in Mrs. Hale Receipts for the Million 1857? 1135. To cure Wounds in Trees–wounds in trees are best cured by covering them with a coat of common lead paint without turpentine (for turpentine is poison to vegetation) in the sun, on a fine dry day. Healing the Economic woes of a Nation My novel, [...]
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Tree Soldier & the CCCs
Posted in Tree Soldier and CCCs, tagged American Experience, caring for trees, CCCs, Civilian Conservation Corps, Family history, FDR, historical fiction, Living history, Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million, New Deal, Tree Soldier, wounds on trees on April 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tree Soldier:A Novel of Love, Forgiveness and the Great Depression
Posted in Tree Soldier and CCCs, tagged Amazon Tree Soldier, Camp Glacier, CCC, Civilian Conservation Corps, environmental history, Great Depression, historical fiction, J.L. Oakley, Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million, New Deal programs, North Cascades, soil, transplanting trees, tree planting, Tree Soldier, writing on November 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipts for the Million, 1857? 1136. We believe it is generally admitted that transplanted trees succeed best when their early growth has been in soil similar to that for which they are destined to be placed permanently. If raised in such a soil, and transplanted to that which is thin and [...]
