Click for larger image from Nederlandsch bloemwerk (1794) via The Internet Archive

Click for larger image from The florist and pomologist (1879)

@douglaswelch Prickly Pear in the Neighborhood. ##opuntia ##pricklypear ##fruit ##food ##neighborhood ##nature ##outdoors ##SHEINeid ♬ Happy Ukulele – VensAdamsAudio Read more about gardening with these books * A portion of Continue Reading

@douglaswelch Bananas in the San Fernando Valley ##bananas ##food ##fruit ##garden ##gardening ##tropical ##plants ##nature ##agardenersnotebook ♬ HOJE NÃO TEM MAIS SAMBA (THERE IS NO MORE SAMBA TODAY) – Frederico Continue Reading

Click for larger image from The floral cabinet and magazine of exotic botany (1837)

@douglaswelch Pantry Sweet Potato Start Check-In ##sweetpotato ##garden ##gardening ##nature ##outdoors ##propagation ##food ##leaves ##rootvegtables ♬ SUNNY DAY – Matteo Rossanese Read more about gardening with these books * A Continue Reading

Click for larger image from The botanist’s repository (1797)

@douglaswelch Pantry Sweet Potato Start ##garden ##gardening ##sweetpotato ##potato ##nature ##propagation ##planting ##food ♬ original sound – Douglas E. Welch Read more about gardening with these books * A portion Continue Reading

Click for larger image from Curtis’s botanical magazine (1801) Mobot31753002852405 0017

@douglaswelch Emptying the 3D Printed Propagator – A Gardener’s Notebook ##propagation ##plants ##garden ##gardening ##mums ##grow ##free ##nature ##outdoors ♬ original sound – Douglas E. Welch Read more about gardening Continue Reading