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On the East Coast, so the story goes, newcomers are asked where they come from; on the West Coast they are asked what they do for a living; in Iowa people ask them, "How's your garden doing?" Maybe this is not a true story, but it does epitomize the importance of gardening for Iowans, blessed as they are with the rich glacial soil so hospitable to corn and soybeans. Rural and urban Iowans alike start planning next summer's garden in midwinter, when their plots are still snow-covered and deep-frozen; by state fair time their trees, shrubs, vegetables--including the ubiquitous zucchini--and flowers are thriving. Veronica Fowler's month-by-month guide to gardening in Iowa is a concise, valuable...
The collection consists primarily of yearbooks, which list the club's Executive Board members, calendars of events and monthly programs, membership rosters, committees, club projects, and the club's constitution and bylaws. Also included with the yearbooks are two booklets, the first of which describes a flower show presented by the Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa in 1971. The second describes the plants, trees, and shrubs the club planted and maintained in Muscatine's Weed Park.
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