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Author Hatch, Peter J., 1949-

Title "A rich spot of earth" : Thomas Jefferson's revolutionary garden at Monticello / Peter J. Hatch ; foreword by Alice Waters.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012.

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 Moore Stacks  SB320.7.V8 H38 2012    Available  ---
Description 263 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-255) and index.
Contents Thomas Jefferson's revolutionary garden. "A rich spot of earth" ; Building the garden ; The garden and its people ; The culture of the garden ; The garden restored, the garden today -- Fruits, roots, and leaves : a catalog of selected Monticello vegetables. Fruits : artichokes to tomatoes ; Fruits : beans and peas, Jefferson's "pulse" ; Roots ; Leaves -- Appendix 1. Vegetables mentioned in Thomas Jefferson's Garden Book, correspondence, and memoranda -- Appendix 2. Sources for historic and heirloom vegetables.
Summary Traces the history of Jefferson's vegetable garden, which has been painstakingly restored by the author, from the artichokes and asparagus first planted in 1770 through the horticultural experiments of Jefferson's retirement years.
Subject Vegetable gardening -- Virginia.
Vegetable gardening.
Virginia.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Homes and haunts -- Virginia.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Monticello (Va.)
Virginia -- Monticello.
Added Title Thomas Jefferson's revolutionary garden at Monticello
ISBN 9780300171143 clothbound alkaline paper
0300171145 clothbound alkaline paper