Putting Down Roots: Gardening Insights From Wisconsin's Early Settlers
by Marcia C. Carmichael /
2011 / English / EPUB
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Culture and history can be passed from one generation to the
next through the food we eat, the vegetables and fruits we
plant and harvest, and the fragrant flowers and herbs that
enliven our gardens. The plants our ancestors grew tell stories
about their way of life.
Culture and history can be passed from one generation to the
next through the food we eat, the vegetables and fruits we
plant and harvest, and the fragrant flowers and herbs that
enliven our gardens. The plants our ancestors grew tell stories
about their way of life.
Wisconsin’s nineteenth-century settlers arrived in the New
World in search of new opportunities and the chance to create a
new life. These European immigrants and Yankee settlers brought
their traditional foodways with them—their family recipes and
the seeds, roots, and slips of cherished plants—to serve as
comfort food, in the truest sense.
Wisconsin’s nineteenth-century settlers arrived in the New
World in search of new opportunities and the chance to create a
new life. These European immigrants and Yankee settlers brought
their traditional foodways with them—their family recipes and
the seeds, roots, and slips of cherished plants—to serve as
comfort food, in the truest sense.
This part of our collective history comes alive at Old World
Wisconsin’s re-created nineteenth-century heirloom gardens. In
This part of our collective history comes alive at Old World
Wisconsin’s re-created nineteenth-century heirloom gardens. InPutting Down Roots,
Putting Down Roots, historical gardener Marcia C.
Carmichael guides us through these gardens, sharing insights on
why the owners of the original houses—be they Yankee settlers,
German, Norwegian, Irish, Danish, Polish, or Finnish
immigrants—planted and harvested what they did. She shares
timeless lessons with today’s gardeners and cooks about
planting trends and practices, garden tools used by early
settlers, popular plant varieties, and favorite flavors of
Wisconsin’s early settlers, including recipes for such classics
as Irish soda bread, pierogi, and Norwegian rhubarb custard.
historical gardener Marcia C.
Carmichael guides us through these gardens, sharing insights on
why the owners of the original houses—be they Yankee settlers,
German, Norwegian, Irish, Danish, Polish, or Finnish
immigrants—planted and harvested what they did. She shares
timeless lessons with today’s gardeners and cooks about
planting trends and practices, garden tools used by early
settlers, popular plant varieties, and favorite flavors of
Wisconsin’s early settlers, including recipes for such classics
as Irish soda bread, pierogi, and Norwegian rhubarb custard.Putting Down Roots
Putting Down Roots celebrates the diversity and rich
ethnic settlement of Wisconsin. It’s also a story of holding
fast to one’s traditions and adapting to new ways that
nourished one’s family so they could flourish in their new
surroundings.
celebrates the diversity and rich
ethnic settlement of Wisconsin. It’s also a story of holding
fast to one’s traditions and adapting to new ways that
nourished one’s family so they could flourish in their new
surroundings.