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Garden Therapy

Posted on March 25, 2011 by cara

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 | 3 Comments

Raking Leaves is a A Fool’s Errand

Posted on October 25, 2010 by cara

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 | 1 Comment

Fall Planting to Foil the Deer

Posted on September 9, 2010 by cara

THERE’S A GROUP OF FOUR — two does and two yearlings — that lives here, too. And they seem to feel my garden is their pantry. When I was kneeling out there today, putting in some of the supposedly deer-resistant … Continue reading →

Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND | Tagged Agway, astilbe, begonia, berberis thunbergii, bergenia cordifolia, boxwoods, Bridgehampton, brunnera macrophylla, buxus sempervirens Aureo--Variegata, caladium, compost, cranesbill, deer, deer fence, deer-resistant perennials, deer-resistant plants, discounts, dwarf bamboo, East Hampton, euphorbia glacier blue, feather reed grass, gooseneck loosestrife, Hren, itea virginica sprich, Japanese anemone, lambs ear, ligularia, ligularia dentata othello, Lonicera nitida Lemon Beauty, Marder's, mulch, pleioblastus viridistriat, Rose Glow Japanese barberry, slugs, spurge, stachys silver carpet, sweetspire little henry, variegated | 5 Comments

Garden Realities

Posted on April 22, 2010 by cara

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 | 5 Comments

Winter Drags On…

Posted on March 14, 2010 by cara

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 | 3 Comments

Oh, Deer

Posted on January 11, 2010 by cara

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 | 7 Comments

Birth of a Path

Posted on November 23, 2009 by cara

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 | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: compost

Garden Therapy

Raking Leaves is a A Fool’s Errand

Fall Planting to Foil the Deer

Garden Realities

Winter Drags On…

Oh, Deer

Birth of a Path

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