Could somebody please confirm that my messages are coming through? I am not getting them back to myself. Also, for any GMAIL users - how can I change the subject line? Thanks! On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:34 AM, William Aley <aley_wd@me.com> wrote: > Speaking of garden origins, Interesting investigation by Dr. Francrsca > Stavrakopoulu about the origins of the Garden of Eden. > > BBC. Bible's Buried Secrets 3. The Real Garden of Eden > > 05/2012 > > http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=zGhXjExkcKs > > > > Across the beltway from Jim > and in Snow as well > > William Aley > Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, > USDA zone 7 > > On Feb 13, 2014, at 9:39 AM, Jim McKenney <jamesamckenney@verizon.net> > wrote: > > > The Garden Handbook by Mary Rutherford Jay, Harper and Brothers, 1931, a > collection of photographs and short essays, has a section discussing and > illustrating dooryard gardens. Most of these are drawn from the upscale end > of the spectrum. > > > > Jim McKenney > > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7,where about a foot of snow > buried the garden (and my dooryard garden) last night. > > > > > > > > On Sunday, February 9, 2014 2:49 AM, Lee Poulsen <wpoulsen@pacbell.net> > wrote: > > > > The usage in which I first encountered the word dooryard and saw it used > the most thereafter was in descriptions of fruit tree varieties recommended > for ordinary people to try growing in their yards by the local county > agricultural extension agent. It was used to distinguish some varieties > that should only be tried around the home as opposed to the main varieties > that were recommended for both commercial growers and homeowners. > > > > --Lee Poulsen > > Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a > > Latitude 34°N, Altitude 1150 ft/350 m > > > > > > On Feb 8, 2014, at 5:03 PM, Bill Richardson <ixia@dcsi.net.au> wrote: > > > >> dooryard > >> > >> The exterior area of a home surrounding the most commonly used entryway, > >> typically the driveway area; A logical extension of "barnyard," "back > >> yard" > >> and "front yard," it is likely that this compound word grew out of a > >> necessity to distinguish working areas from living areas. In a practice > >> common to the region, homes were attached to barns and other > >> out-buildings; > >> dooryard identifies the exterior area of a home not given over to > farming. > >> A > >> household word in the County, dooryard is seldom heard elsewhere. > >> > >> "Buddy does a good job of plowin' out th' dooryard." > >> > >> Bill Richardosn > >> Ixiaking > >> Australia > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >