A Little Woman

We are making dolls to donate to Craft Hope. They will go to children in an orphange in Nicaragua. You can find out more at http://crafthope.com/

the label is a wooden one, and consists
in fastening, with a small screw, a short
piece of wood or metal over the name.

Thomas Firminger
Firminger's Manual of Gardening for India, 1918

I found this in 1,001 Old-Time Garden Tips Edited by Roger Yepsen.

Got any flower seeds or bulbs left?
Plant them along the public road far
from any houses where they may rejoice
some weary traveler and brighted life
for even a bee.

Farm Journal, 1910

I found this in 1,001 Old-Time Garden Tips Edited by Roger Yepsen.

I thinned my lettuce today.

To prevent the juice from apple pies running over, thrust little funnels of white paper in to the cuts on top, through which the steam may escape, and the juice boil up, and then run back into the pie again when it stops cooking.

Farm Journal, 1892

I found this in 1,001 Old-Time Garden Tips Edited by Roger Yepsen.

Remove the outer husks and strip back the inner, so that the silk may be removed; this should be very carefully done and the husks replaced. Put in boiling water and boil for twenty minutes and serve hot, first removing the husks. The object of the husks on is that corn, cooked in this way, is much sweeter than when the husks are removed.

Ida D. Bennett
Tha Vegtable Garden, 1908

I found this in 1,001 Old-Time Garden Tips Edited by Roger Yepsen.