The Gardens of Monticello

An interesting article from the New York Times: At Monticello, Jefferson's Methods Endure. I didn't know that staggering your plants in rows, like we do and Jefferson did, qualified as a quincunx pattern (an example of the pattern is the way five pips are arranged on the face of a die) or that it was an ancient Roman practice. We visited Monticello as a family way when my brother and I were kids, and even though I wasn't interested in gardening at the time, it was an impressive space!