With 4 consecutive days of frost predicted, these tomatoes were harvested from the museum’s gardens last Friday. They are an heirloom variety called Large Red, or sometimes Early Large Red. This variety was known in 18th Century France, was eaten by George Washington, and grown for sauce by Thomas Jefferson. Possibly the best known tomato variety in America in the first half of the 19th century, . . .
Dear Friends, Yesterday our extraordinary Garden Coordinator, Diana Kimball-Anderson, called me to my office window. “We have our first apple!” she exclaimed. I grabbed my smartphone and ran out of…
Enfield Shaker Museum is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $78,610 grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities through funding provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,…
Really, this is a post about signs. (I couldn’t resist the pun.) There are physical signs, like the new building signs now proudly displayed on many of the Museum’s buildings….
Spring Greetings! When it snowed last week, I sighed. Heavily. “It’s May! Would spring ever be here?” I asked aloud as I looked out the window at blooming yellow daffodils….