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Gardener's Delight Piled High ~
What on earth is that? Well, it's Black Gold, not Texas Tea . . . but darn near the best compost on the planet. Can anyone besides a...
Carolyn Welch
Apr 1, 2017
Getting ready for the first garden work day, April 1 ~
“There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments.” ~Janet Kilburn Phillips On a breezy, chilly day Master Gardeners: Trisha Haislar,...
Carolyn Welch
Mar 30, 2017
Garden Club Work Day ~
The scheduled work day for preparing the vegetable garden at the Collins House has been postponed until Saturday, April 1 at 9:00am. The...
Trisha
Mar 16, 2017
The Collinsville Garden Club ~
The Collinsville Garden Club has been a long-time supporter of the D.D. Collins House Project. Lavadna Hines and Dolores Kirby, members...
Carolyn Welch
Mar 9, 2017
Irving's Installments ~ #2
AGNES IN THE GARDEN: In the first short entry, I told about my father's buying the Collins House in 1998 just four years before he died...
Mary Sue Schusky
Mar 8, 2017
Irving Dilliard takes a ride ~
Irving Dilliard takes a ride past the D.D. Collins House to check out the work being done at the house, which involved the removal of a...
Carolyn Welch
Mar 2, 2017
Irving's Installments ~ #1
In 1998 Irving Dilliard purchased and donated the historic house to the City before a public auction thus saving it from imminent...
Mary Sue Schusky
Feb 25, 2017
