My family had a bit of an alternative and green Christmas this year. Nobody got any new presents. Our gifts were items from my late grandfather’s home that my parents thought we would appreciate. My grandfather was an obsessive compulsive hoarder (worse than anything you’ll ever see on Oprah). We estimate of all his belongings filling 2 houses and 2 20×20 foot storage units, only about 1% of the items will be kept total by all 11 descendants. At this point the houses are completely cleaned out but the storage units have not yet been touched.
This book, the Better Homes and Gardens Garden Book, was published in 1951 (first edition) and probably belonged to my grandmother. It’s identical in format to the famous Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook which is unparalleled gold mine of information related to cooking. I haven’t gotten to delve into this garden book much yet but I hope to learn a ton about gardening from a 1950s perspective and eventually share my finds with you.
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Ohh I do so love old cookbooks and gardening books. I have one cookbakc from the ’50’s that has lard as an ingrediant in so many recipes.
Have a great day!
Leann
I love old books like this. I would love to read it.
What a treasure. I’m so glad you have something to remember your grandparents by.
Blessings,
Spencer