Jennifer Ebeling<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/December" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>December</span></a> 3, 1586<br /><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> Thomas <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Herriot" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Herriot</span></a> introduced <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Colombian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colombian</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Potatoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Potatoes</span></a> to <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>England</span></a>.<br />Over 50 years earlier, the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Spanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Spanish</span></a> had first discovered potatoes - but Herriot&#39;s were the first to reach England.<br />He spent time at Sir Walter <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Raleigh" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Raleigh</span></a>&#39;s <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colony</span></a> on <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Roanoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Roanoke</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Island" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Island</span></a>.<br />Herriot was also an <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Astronomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Astronomer</span></a>. In <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/July" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>July</span></a> of 1609, he drew the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Moon</span></a> through a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Telescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Telescope</span></a> over 4 mos. before <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Galileo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Galileo</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Garden</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/GardenersofMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GardenersofMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Botany</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Horticulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Horticulture</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Drawing</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Sketch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sketch</span></a></p>