What is a garden for? It depends on the garden, of course.Vegetable gardens are for feeding us. Herb gardens are for bringing us extra savor and health. Meditation gardens…
Rain. Downpours. But the intrepid Garden Club of Amherst members were undaunted. I met them for a tour of the Elsa Bakalar/Scott Prior garden. In the background you can see…
Grass loves cool weather and rain. We have had both in abundance which means it was time for the first lawn mowing. The strip of lawn in front of the…
Orra White Hitchcock was a college president’s wife, a mother of eight, and an artist. The art she created, drawings and watercolor paintings of flowers, grasses and other plants, were…
Some events are not just for one day. The wonderful art exhibit at Mead Art Museum on the Amherst College campus, will run until May 29. There is no admission…
The days are longer and the sun is brighter, so even though snow lies deep on the ground we know that spring is coming. That means that the annual Master…
As I review and renew in my garden, I thought I ought to look back at the year on the commonweeder. The 5 most popular posts were not what I…
According to my records we had 4 inches of rain in August, more than half of that on August 22 and 23. No rain so far in September, at least…