There are a lot of fun "holidays" on the calendar that fly under the radar, and today's is certainly one of the most obscure — but we felt the history behind it deserved some attention. March 11 is National Johnny Appleseed Day, honoring the man who became a key figure in American folklore and the work he did planting apple trees across more than 100,000 square miles of wilderness. Learn about his life (including his real name and why many modern renderings depict him wearing a tin pot on his head) and get a couple of pointers for cultivating your own garden.
Ally Mauch
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Who Was Johnny Appleseed, Really? Discover the Man Behind the Myth and Get Early Spring Gardening Tips
Johnny Appleseed is up there with Paul Bunyan and Davy Crockett as one of the key characters in American folklore. Most of us associate him with apple trees and the American frontier, but what exactly is the real story behind the fruit-loving figure?
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