Forty-years in the Garden – Chapter 2

  • Post published:05/29/2020
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Over the years I have been honored to be invited into many gardens. Sometimes gardeners are organizing a garden tour and want publicity. This is always a great opportunity for a columnist. Tour gardeners are always articulate and knowledgeable about their gardens. They are willing to share plant names, advice about care and design thoughts. It was not long before I created my own annual garden tour. Over the years it gave me substantial material. It was named…

Color, Water, Mirrors, Shade – and a Dining Table for Pleasure

  • Post published:05/27/2020
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On the 15th of May the garden is blooming with creeping blue phlox, Troillus, grape hyacinths, tiarella, barren strawberry and a single rhododendron blossom. We love flowers but other elements can make a welcoming garden. There are useful items that can also be decorative and colorful. Water has long been known to be an important element in the garden. We only have a blue birdbath, but the birds make good use of it. In my travels I have…

Forty Years in the Garden – Between the Rows

  • Post published:05/23/2020
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The day after Thanksgiving in 1979 Henry and I packed a big U-Haul truck with all our New York belongings, and the three daughters, Diane, Betsy and Kate. The day was balmy and warm, the perfect day for moving. We stopped in Greenfield for supper and groceries, then onward to Heath. It was no longer balmy. Temperatures had plummeted. It was dark and we had to unload the truck or we would have no place to sleep. The…

New York Times and My Pandemic Garden

  • Post published:05/16/2020
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The pandemic has demanded many changes in our life. If we can’t go to work or to school we have to stay at home. The New York Times has read the zeitgeist and created a new section for their Sunday edition titled At Home. The large front page image has a child playing on the floor with his toys, while mom sits at a table thoughtfully putting together a jigsaw puzzle while another member of the household is…

Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day – May 15, 2020

  • Post published:05/14/2020
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On this beautiful sunny, but cool Garden Blogger's Bloom Day in Massachusetts, I'll take you along on my morning walk. The fringed bleeding heart has been blooming for a month against our house foundation. I thank Carol over at May Dreams Gardens, for giving us Bloom Day, giving us all a chance to see what is blooming all over our great land.

Fun and Beauty in the Garden for Children and Adults

  • Post published:05/09/2020
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In these treacherous days of the coronovirus when many of us been laid off, children have been sent home from school, and no one can even remember what day of the week it is because we no longer have schedules, we should stop and take a deep breath. What can we do when so many must-dos no longer exist? First, we have to remember it is spring! The world is changing all around us. Birds are returning and…

Flowery Mystery Finally Solved.

  • Post published:05/07/2020
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A few days ago I asked readers if they recognized some plants that I  could not identify. They came through, but no one could identify these two plants. That was understandable because they are so crowded together. I dug and pulled the more velvety plant away from the lacy plant. I planted it and waiting to see what would happen. I still do not know what the lacy plant is. The mystery plant, about 7 or 8 inches…

New Adventures In The Garden – Despite Pandemic

  • Post published:05/04/2020
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New adventures are beginning. Last Thursday four new roses were delivered from the Antique Rose Emporium (ARE). And then it snowed. Well, only a little bit of snow, and the roses are resting in our side porch, gathering strength after the trip from Texas. Three hellebores and two primroses from the Greenfield Farmers Coop joined them, all waiting to get their feet into the soil. New Roses for  the New Rose Walk Quietness and Carefree Beauty are pink…