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growing up, many of these did not exist.
We would get a seed catalogue by now. It usually arrived during the winter so you looked and looked deciding which seeds you would need to order.
Many people kept the best of their seeds from beans, corn, tomatoes, and peas and dried the seed for the next years planting. They were all dried thoroughly on a newspaper, then stored in an air tight canning jar. I still have some of the beans my mother saved.
The house plants were kept where the wood stove would keep them from freezing. Instead of buying new plants in the spring, they were re-potted and put outside. A piece of the plant would be slipped, this meant a piece of the plant would be pulled from the main plant to be rooted to start another new plant.
You would trade slips of plants with your neighbor. You were never to say “thank you” because if you did it was a superstition they would not live. Some of the names have changed, and the plants don’t seem to be as hardy as the old plants were.
In the spring it is so pretty to walk back in the park to some of the old home sites and see the flowers growing that have survived throughout the many years. Often this is how we find where the homes once were.
We pay big prices for some of the wild flowers that bloom each year. The bridal wreath at our home place in the park has multiplied until it is everywhere. Some of the other plants seen are, snowball bush, iris, marsh marigold, wild geranium, daffodils, summer snowflake, vinka or periwinkle. This is found at most cemeteries.
It lets those who visit the park today realize the people who once lived there loved flowers as much as we do today. They had shared them and taken extra good care of them.
Mrs. Ruby Dwyer, Mrs. Mary Waters and Mrs. Sally Keyser visited with Mr. Lee Cornell in Culpeper on Tuesday. Mr. Lee is recuperating from surgery and we wish him a speedy recovery.
Our deepest sympathy is sent to the Faye Pullen family. She will be greatly missed.
Mrs. Linda Smith at the “Big Bear” in Sperryville will open Saturday, March 31. She will be open each Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. until dark. She serves hot sandwiches and
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