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37415
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A description of the Tryon Palace kitchen soon gave way to kitchens of the Colonial period. In its focus on the importance of that room in Colonial homes, it noted kitchens as places likely for making medicine and food. Noted places for storage of recipes for food and herbal remedies were cookbooks and servants’ books.
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17367
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Davenport describes how adding low-maintenance plants, like blackberries, blue berries, and muscadines, to a garden adds beauty and good taste.
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Carolina Gardener
(NoCar SB 453.2 N8 C37), Vol. 24 Issue 7, Sept 2012,
p26-29, il
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17583
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Loewer recommends five plants that Carolina gardeners can use to brighten up their gardens in the twilight hours--Angel's Trumpets, Moonflowers, Woodland Tobacco, Vining Petunia, and Cereus.
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38274
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The house originally owned by Sarah Green Jones and Pembroke Jones and its gardens have served many purposes for former owners and the community. It has weathered storms, entertained locals, hosted the Azalea Festival, and provided healing for the battle-scarred youngest son of the Corbett family, who moved in the house in 1948. Though the house is gone, its gardens is very much present. Now a popular visitation spot for people of all ages, Airlie Gardens offers live music, bird walks, and educational programs for schoolchildren throughout the year.
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38278
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Cleveland Regional Medical Center’s path isn’t laid out like its ancient Greek counterpart. Cleveland Regional’s garden, labyrinth style, is not designed to make visitors get lost. However, it often yields being lost in thought, as well as the intended perception of being healed.
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Built on the site of the first English colony, the Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, North Carolina, on the Roanoke Sound are unique in the New World. By maintaining the authenticity of 16th century England, the gardens offer a wide appeal to horticulturists, nature lovers, history buffs, and culture seekers.
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North Carolina has public gardens to suit every taste--heritage, Victorian, wildflower, rose, rock, perennial, botanical. The list is endless. Olsen describes three of North Carolina's favorite ones: North Carolina Arboretum (Asheville); Sarah P. Duke Gardens (Durham); and the Gardens at Tryon Palace (New Bern).
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North Carolina's governor's mansion in Raleigh was completed in 1891, but little money was given to creating a landscape. When Daniel G. Fowle, the first governor to occupy the mansion, visited the Biltmore Estate, George Vanderbilt asked him how the house was coming. Fowle replied that the grounds were hopeless. Vanderbilt then dispatched Gifford Pinchot to Raleigh to work on the gardens. Silcox-Jarrett traces the development of the mansion's landscaping from Pinchot's early work to the present.
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31196
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Hank Smith of Carolina Country provides a gardening guide for growing vegetables, fruits, trees, shrubs, flowers, and indoor plants. Hank provides tips for each season and considers the variances among North Carolina’s regions.
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3758
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Tar Heel gardens blaze with color from spring to fall, with plants including zinnias, sunflowers, black-eyed Susan, and hydrangeas. Knowing the soil and following simple planting tips can fill many gardeners' plots with festive colors.
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One of the best collections of home-grown herbs is in northeastern Cumberland County, at Rasland Farm. The farm was established in 1981 and has been serving herbalists and plant enthusiasts from across North America ever since.
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3308
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Moderate climate and a diverse landscape have given the state a variety of plant life. Many state gardens contain examples. They include the Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, Airlie Gardens near Wilmington, and those in Old Salem.
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31352
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Harry Phillips is the curator of native plants at the North Carolina Botanical Garden at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. In this article, Phillips discusses growing and propagating native wild flowers. He also recommends native perennials, such as sunflowers and butterfly weed, that can be used in garden borders or beds in sunny locations.
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35652
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According to the author, there are two types of gardeners: those who eat as they go and those who save what they grow by canning. To be part of the latter, advice included hermetically sealed jars and manuals such as The Farm Journal’s Freezing and Canning Cookbook. As for the canning phases, pre and post, Williamson noted the necessity of cleanliness and effectiveness of quick freezing foods.
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35689
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Drying, preparing, or blanching were economic and easy alternatives to canning, the authors proposed. Proof in this pudding could be found in their directions for these methods, along with an image of a drying box and timetable for blanching a variety of fruits and vegetables.
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