Charles Dudley Warner on Purslane
Purslane July 19, 2013Purslane is a common weed, which some find edible, and some find despicable. Charles Dudley Warner in his delightful book My Summer in a Garden has a few choice words to say about 'pusley.' Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) spent part of his childhood in Charlemont, just down the hill from Heath. For many years he was a writer and editor with the Hartford Courant. In 1870 he published My Summer in a Garden about his travails in…