The 1916 Burpee's Seed Catalog, Part 1
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Sharon Handy
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🗓️ 10 April 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Let's take a sleepy browse through this marvelous catalog, just in time for spring. Vegetables, flowers, and novelties for the garden abound from America's finest purveyor of plants.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime. |
| 0:08.0 | I hope tonight selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some sleep. |
| 0:18.0 | Before we begin, I'd like to give a special shout out of thanks to quite a few new members of our Patreon family. |
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