May 12, 2012

“When you listen to All Things Considered host Melissa Block’s story about Thomas Jefferson’s garden, you’ll hear how he cared about putting peas on the table and sharing seeds with his friends. He also set loftier goals for his vegetable garden: Monticello’s south-facing expanse was a living laboratory for a lifelong tinkerer and almost obsessive record keeper. Jefferson was, in many ways, a crop scientist.” (From NPR blog entry)

Listen to this delightful story about Thomas Jefferson and his garden. It brought to mind our visit to Monticello and the stroll around the vegetable garden and orchard.

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