Edwin York Bowen was born February 22, 1884 in Crouch Hill , London and died November 23, 1961 after several decades as a talented musician and composing over 160 musical works many of which remained unpublished and unperformed until after his death. His music falls in the category of Romantic with rich harmonic language. He …
Franz Berwald was one of those wonderful composers who could almost never get his music to become appreciated during his lifetime. He was born in Stockholm Sweden on July 23, 1795 and he died in Stockholm Sweden on April 3, 1868. He was the first Swedish composer of the Romantic symphony. While he was slightly …
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Cherries One of the first thing I planted around my house when I moved here was cherry bushes. They’ve had some very nice cherries every year. The most recent one I planted was the CHERRY DWARF CARMINE JEWEL. I also have planted a few HANSEN BUSH CHERRIES. The Cherries every year are wonderful. First …
Asian Pear Trees Pyrus pyrifolia, or Asian pears, are a large group of pears that have a crisp texture when fully ripened, unlike European pears that must be softened prior to eating. The Asian pear trees include the Chojuro , Hosui, Olympic Giant, Shinko, Large Korean, and several others and they are referred to frequently …
Parsnips are one of my favorite vegetables and I always like to grow some in my garden. They were popular with the Romans and Greeks and when the pilgrims started coming to America some of the first ones brought over parsnip seeds and they have been growing here ever since. When planting them it is …
Celtuce Celtuce is a type of lettuce that is appreciated for its tasty stems. It is supposed to have originated in Europe and then around the Tang dynasty between 600-900 AD it was brought from the Mediterranean to China. Since then it has become very popular in both mainland China and in Taiwan. I’m growing …
Skirret, the forgotten root vegetable, is a plant I’ve started growing in my garden these last few years that was a primary root crop of the middle ages that later got replaced by the potato. It is also known as ‘the forgotten root’ . The Germans often referred to it as ‘the sweet root’. and …
Adzuki Beans Beans are a wonderful thing to grow in the garden. Yes and pole beans were one of the ‘three sisters’ that the native american Indians used to always grow together. Corn, Beans and winter squash. While pole beans are great to grow , and I grow them, dry beans are wonderful in the …
Golden Beets Golden beets are my favorite but they’re pretty similar to red beets. They aren’t quite as common as the red beets in the market and can be a little harder to find. Sometimes they are called orange beets for they look very similar in color to carrots. But they have more …
Jean Marie LeClair, from the French Baroque, was a great violinist and composer who lived from May 10th 1697 to October 22 1764 who is considered to have founded the French violin School. He came from a very musical family and had 5 younger siblings 4 who also became musicians. His father was an amateur …
