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Ninth Year in East Hampton: Same Old is Damn Good
Follow me on Instagram @caramia447 where I post quirky one-off images of, among other things, tiny houses, retro storefronts, street art and the occasional sunset I’M BACK IN EAST HAMPTON for my ninth season and I don’t even care that … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged East Hampton, Guild Hall, Longhouse Reserve, Madoo, Mulford Farm
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Fall Garden Assessment: All Credit Due to Nature
REALLY, I CLAIM VERY LITTLE CREDIT for my half-acre garden on the East End of Long Island. I may feel like I’m working hard, schlepping compost from the dump and seaweed from the beach and dragging hoses around by the … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
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My Friends’ Gardens
FROM THE SUNNY SANDS of Far Rockaway in eastern Queens to the backyards of Brooklyn and the Upper West Side, from the Connecticut shore to the Long Island beachfront, many of my friends are enthusiastic amateur gardeners, and often share photos … Continue reading
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Behold the Lilies
CONSIDER THE LILIES of the field, and let’s not forget the hydrangeas, ladies’ mantel, astilbe, verbena and other things… July here at Green Half-Acre is turning out OK after all. Lilies — whether fancy ones from a catalogue, yard sale … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND, MISCELLANEOUS
Tagged daylilies, hydrangeas, ladies mantle, lilies, rhododendrons, Turk's cap lilies, verbena bonariensis
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Showtime in the Garden
THERE’S A SENSE AROUND HERE (in my head, that is) that my Long Island garden is already peaking at this early stage of the game. Memorial Day and the week following are spearheaded each year, I now know, by the pinkish-purple … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
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Ten Days in May
HERE’S HOW MY LONG ISLAND, N.Y., GARDEN looks now, with the trees nearly all leafed out for the season, following a night and a day of blessed rain. As recently as two weeks ago, it still felt like very early … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
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Brooklyn the Beautiful: Dogwood Town
THIS MAY DAY in Brooklyn is a drizzly one. Still, Brooklyn’s brownstone streets are exquisite in spring. Don’t tell anyone… they may decide to move here in droves. Dogwoods have been in their prime these past couple of weeks, lighting … Continue reading
