"A rich spot of earth" Thomas Jefferson's revolutionary garden at Monticello / Peter J. Hatch ; foreword by Alice Waters.

By:

Hatch, Peter J, 1949- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781299709362
9780300183405

Other title:

Thomas Jefferson's revolutionary garden at Monticello

Subject(s):

Vegetable gardening -- Virginia

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

SB320 .A753 2012

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Contents:

Fruits, roots, and leaves : a catalog of selected Monticello vegetables. Fruits : artichokes to tomatoes ; Fruits : beans and peas, Jefferson's "pulse" ; Roots ; Leaves -- Appendix 1. Vegetables mentioned in Thomas Jefferson's Garden Book, correspondence, and memoranda -- Appendix 2. Sources for historic and heirloom vegetables.

Subject: Traces the history of Jefferson's vegetable garden, which has been painstakingly restored by the author, from the artichokes and asparagus first planted in 1770 through the horticultural experiments of Jefferson's retirement years.

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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	SB320.7.8 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn851697309

Includes bibliographies and index.

Thomas Jefferson's revolutionary garden. "A rich spot of earth" ; Building the garden ; The garden and its people ; The culture of the garden ; The garden restored, the garden today -- Fruits, roots, and leaves : a catalog of selected Monticello vegetables. Fruits : artichokes to tomatoes ; Fruits : beans and peas, Jefferson's "pulse" ; Roots ; Leaves -- Appendix 1. Vegetables mentioned in Thomas Jefferson's Garden Book, correspondence, and memoranda -- Appendix 2. Sources for historic and heirloom vegetables.

Traces the history of Jefferson's vegetable garden, which has been painstakingly restored by the author, from the artichokes and asparagus first planted in 1770 through the horticultural experiments of Jefferson's retirement years.

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