April, The Sweet Time ~

Into the past we travel to learn about the old days and ways of preparedness for planting and sowing ~

ODE TO SPRING ~

"Sweet spring has come, sweet spring has come,

Her steps are on the hills;

She fills the air with singing birds,

She clothes the earth with living green,

She ope's the fragrant flowers."

~ Unknown

Excerpt from The Illinois Farmer's Almanac

April ~ 1840

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APRIL 1818

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April is sweet ~

"The [remembrance] of a well-spent life is sweet." . . .

ILLINOIS FARMER'S ALMANAC

APRIL~ 1840

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Next, the 1918 Old Farmer's Almanac . . .

APRIL ~ 1918

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"Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich leas

Of wheat, rye, barley, vetches, oats and pease;

Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep,

And that meads thatch'd with stover, them to keep;

Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims,

Which spongy April at thy best betrims,

To make cold nymphs chaste crowns;"

~Shakespeare

from 1918 Old Farmer's Almanac

Thanks to The Old Farmer's Almanac for making these old treasures of wisdom available to us today!