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Tag Archives: cottage garden
Garden Inspiration: Hudson Valley Cottage
HERE’S WHERE I LEARNED WHAT I KNOW about country gardening: a hillside in northern Dutchess County, N.Y. My wasband and I bought the 20-acre property in 2002 and set about to create garden beds on a couple of those acres … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HUDSON VALLEY
Tagged cottage garden, country garden, country gardening, rustic fence, rustic furniture
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My Little Eden
THINGS ARE SO GREEN AROUND HERE after a couple of days of heavy rain… well, all that’s missing is the serpent. I can’t stop taking iPhone snaps of my humble Long Island half-acre, from so many angles you’d think it … Continue reading
Posted in COTTAGE LIVING, GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged cottage garden, East Hampton, Springs
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Garden Envy in Amagansett
The heavenly tented pool pavilion I COULD GO IN AND OUT of grand oceanfront estates all day long, then come back to my humble cottage and still be happy with the place. I can wander five hedged, manicured, topiaried, statued, … Continue reading
Montauk’s Second House
“SECOND HOUSE” IN MONTAUK, out at the tip of Long Island, is so called because it was — you guessed it — the second house built there, when Montauk’s 15,000 acres comprised America’s first cattle ranch. First House, built in … Continue reading
How Does My Garden Grow?
PRETTY WELL, METHINKS, in the front yard at least. This morning, the view from my door was what you see above. Six short weeks ago, on April 26, it looked like this: Here’s another angle on the current splendor: Same … Continue reading
Happy June
NOW THERE’S YOUR PROPER JUNE BORDER, above. A little ahead of time, as is everything in this accelerated spring. Peonies; irises; columbine; foxgloves and phlox on their way. In front of a very proper old house, below, on Long Island’s … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, LONG ISLAND, NORTH FORK
Tagged annuals, beds, border, borders, catmint, columbine, cottage garden, dianthus, farmstands, foxgloves, greenhouses, hanging baskets, irises, June, ladies mantel, lambs ear, LONG ISLAND, North Fork, peonies, phlox, vegetable starters, wineries, yarrow
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Me-Haul
IT’S RAINING AND I’M GLAD. Rain is just what you want when you’ve been planting perennials. It “settles” them, helps their roots make close contact with the soil. Yesterday I returned from Upstate New York with a Honda Fit-ful of … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, HUDSON VALLEY, LONG ISLAND
Tagged cottage garden, fertilizer, organic, perennials, Red Hook
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