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Holly Gruntner
@hollygruntner.bsky.social
Landscape Historian at George Washington's Mount Vernon. Recent PhD frm William & Mary. Early America, knowledge-making, & kitchen gardens 🌱 public & digital history. She/her. Views my own.
Some Tuesday validations, via Robert B. Thomas's "Farmer's Almanack" (1818):

"Your house, your barn, your sheds, stables, corn-house, wood-house, and all your possessions denote good husbandry."

Keep it up, #skystorians! 🗃️
November 7, 2023 at 7:04 PM
I've written lots this year abt how early Americans strategically gathered apple seeds & cuttings, grafted trees together, & tended tree nurseries. Unsurprisingly, yesterday's apple picking involved more awe than usual. 🗃️

Sidebar: my 1st time trying Jonagolds (ca. 1943 NY) & they are GREAT.
October 9, 2023 at 3:46 PM
Skystorians 🗃️, hope to see you @ 1 of the exciting seminars #MHS! All free to register w/Zoom option. The next is 10/10, 5 pm ET #environment & #labor hist. but there's a seminar for many interests, frm biography to #digitalhistory, Am #civilwar to #earlymodern www.masshist.org/research/sem...
October 4, 2023 at 4:55 PM
#skystorians if you missed it on the 🐦 site, Mass. Historical Society's (free!) seminar series has begun w/an exciting docket of events! All have a Zoom option, some in person too. Register @ least 48 hrs in advance to receive the pre-circ paper. Hope to see you! 🗃️

www.masshist.org/events/list/...
September 27, 2023 at 7:32 PM