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Garden Therapy
I HAVEN’T POSTED in a few days because I got home from Spain and was hit with a bad case of ‘What now?’ I walked into my lovely Prospect Heights pied-a-terre, now fully furnished, decorated, and organized, and had nothing … Continue reading
Posted in COTTAGE LIVING, GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged abelia, catmint, compost, deer, East Hampton, garden, ladies mantle, ligularia, liriope, Little Richard, miscanthus, perennials, pied a terre, Prospect Heights, salvia, spring chores, Springs, therapy
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Raking Leaves is a A Fool’s Errand
THAT PHRASE POPPED INTO MY HEAD TODAY as I raked leaves. It’s an impossible task, because every night’s breezes bring a fresh layer. Yesterday I observed my next-door neighbor raking, raking, raking, making huge piles for the town pick-up. Today, … Continue reading
Posted in COTTAGE LIVING, GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND
Tagged allium Gladiator, alliums, aronia, aronia arbutifolia, autumn, Bridge Gardens, Bridgehampton, BROOKLYN, Chanticleer, chokeberries, compost, cranesbill, deer, deer fence, East Hampton, elephant ears, evergreens, Excelsior, fall, fall garden chores, geraniums, Hyacinthoides, hydrangea 'Annabelle', hydrangeas, Japanese fountain grass, Lily Leichtlinii, Longhouse Reserve, mulch, pied a terre, raking leaves, Roxanne, Spanish bluebells, Springs, tapestry hedge, to-do list, topsoil
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Garden Realities
SO, FROM THE FLORAL EXTRAVAGANZA OF RANCHO LA PUERTA to the bare dirt of my own garden-to-be in Springs, N.Y., above. It’s a tough transition, but I’m doing my best. I spent yesterday afternoon moving things around. Early spring is … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND, OLD-HOUSE MAKEOVERS
Tagged backyard, blue salvia 'May Night', Boerum Hill, budget, compost, creeping phlox, curb appeal, East Hampton, fertilizer, fish emulsion, garden, Garden Design magazine, improving soil, Korean boxwoods, ladies mantle, lady's mantle, LANDSCAPING, ligularia, ornamental grass, Springs, topsoil, transplanting
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Winter Drags On…
THE IDES OF MARCH are almost upon us, and what a pain. I’m up in the Hudson Valley now, cat-sitting for a few days, and if ever I thought I was going to do some gardening, which I foolishly did, … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, HUDSON VALLEY, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND
Tagged astilbe, beds, bleeding heart, catmint, compost, coral bells, cottage, cottage garden, dividing, divisions, East Hampton, ladies mantle, lambs ear, northern Dutchess, perennials, rudbeckia, shrubs, Springs, topsoil, Whitmores, wholesale nursery, zebra grass, Zone 5, Zone 7
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Oh, Deer
THERE’S BEEN A SHIFT IN MY THINKING on deer, as on so many things lately. Just the other day, I was yelling and rattling screens at them, worried they would devour my newly planted white pine, holly, and arborvitae, and … Continue reading
Posted in COTTAGE LIVING, HAMPTONS, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND, MISCELLANEOUS
Tagged arborvitae, compost, deer, deer repellent, feeding deer, holly, table scraps, white pine
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Birth of a Path
NOT LONG AGO, my driveway was a straight dirt run from road to house. For the past couple of weeks, an hour here, an hour there, I’ve been literally laying the groundwork for a walking path from my future parking … Continue reading
Posted in COTTAGE LIVING, GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged compost, cottage garden, driveway, flagstone, leaf mold, parking court, path, planting beds
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