Horticulturati: Metamorphosis & Victory Gardens
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On this Horticulturati, we bring you stories of adaptation and change. Leah has been studying up on butterfly holometabolism -- that is, complete metamorphosis -- with assistance from her niece, nephew, and Vladimir Nabokov. Colleen describes the history of Victory Gardens, from World War I to the present day, and outlines three ways to start a \\u201cpandemic garden\\u201d of your own. But first: we revisit the sleeper masterpiece that is the Secret Life of Plants doc (1979), which is only available in bootleg on YouTube. Watch it here.
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A color guide to familiar Butterflies Caterpillars and Chrysalides by Josef Moucha; Butterfly Gardening for the South by Geyata Ajilvsgi; Gayata on Central Texas Gardener; \\xa0photo of a giant swallowtail chrysalis and a monarch chrysalis; Nabokov\\u2019s 1948 \\u201cButterflies\\u201d essay from the New Yorker; Sebastian\\u2019s rescued chrysalis and newly emerged monarch; National Audubon Society Field Guide to Butterflies of North America; A Brief History of Gardening by Neil Fairbairn; Nature\\u2019s Garden for Victory and Peace by George Washington Carver;\\xa0 Victory Garden (undated propaganda film); \\u201cHow to Plant a Victory Garden\\u201d (NYT Sunday Style); this article about panic gardening; this article about scallions; and Central Texas Seed Savers.
Many thanks to our young lepidopterists in the field, Sebastian and Margot.
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