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Too-Early Spring
BROOKLYN’S BUSTING OUT ALL OVER. This is not what St. Patrick’s Day is supposed to look like. The unseasonably warm winter has turned into an unnaturally early spring, and I find it unsettling. I could take the forsythia being a … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged daffodils, early spring, Eastern redbud, euphorbia, forsythia, hellebores, iris, magnolia, quince
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Signs of Spring
I’M BACK IN EAST HAMPTON, where daffodil foliage is pushing up, forsythia buds are swelling, and I’ve discovered a few amazing patches of snowdrops, below. I moved here just last May, so whatever blooms in March and April will be … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND
Tagged daffodils, Dianne B., forsythia, gardening tips, Gowanus Nursery, gravel path, hedge, Open Days, rose of sharon, snowdrops
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The Waiting Game
Soon: Backyard Community Garden, Red Hook, Brooklyn SNOW IS STILL BLANKETING THE GROUND — another few inches yesterday — but it’s getting nearer the day we can start gardening in earnest. I intended to do a whole planning thing with … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, HUDSON VALLEY, LONG ISLAND
Tagged A Way to Garden, astilbes, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, daffodils, February, ferns, garden chores, garden design, HUDSON VALLEY, Josephine Nuese, Loomis Creek, March, Margaret Roach, mulch, Nigel Rollings, nursery, Open Days, pruning, seed starting, Sydney Eddison, winter protection, wood ash
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Guest Room Re-Do
THIS COMING WEEK, I’M SLIPPING IN A RENOVATION PROJECT that wasn’t even on my priority list. The roofer remains elusive, and I can’t do the parking court until he’s done. I can’t do the deck/outdoor shower until April at least, … Continue reading
Posted in COTTAGE LIVING, HAMPTONS, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND, OLD-HOUSE MAKEOVERS
Tagged astilbes, chelone, cottage, daffodils, deck, East Hampton, ferns, guest room, parking court, renovation, roof
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A Loose Schedule and a Tight Budget
Above: Eric Ernst, Tree Man of Montauk, thinning out my overgrown forest so I stand a chance of growing something other than ferns I’M ALL OVER THE PLACE HERE. I still have so much to do pull this house and … Continue reading
Posted in COTTAGE LIVING, HAMPTONS, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND, OLD-HOUSE MAKEOVERS
Tagged Amagansett, arrowwood viburnum, bathroom, cedar shingles, contractor, cottage, daffodils, deer fence, doublefile viburnum, driveway, evergreens, fireplace, flipper, kitchen counter, landscape, paint job, patio, renovation, rhododendrons, river birch, roof, shrubs, viburnum tomentosa plicata, wisteria
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A Host of Brooklyn Daffodils
THE SCENE last week in my friend Nancy’s Boerum Hill backyard… This is what comes of twenty years of throwing bulbs into the ground and letting them do their thing: April abundance! Lots of daffs, leucojum (they look like tall … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged Boerum Hill, bulbs, daffodils, leucojum, tree peony, wood hyacinth
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Flower$, Flower$$, Flower$$$
LAST WEEKEND of winter (YAY!) The stores that survived the dismal season were full of people, including even the 17 new yogurt shops on Court Street. Bruno’s Hardware was schizoid, half snow shovels and rock salt, the other half barbeque … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged Atlantic Avenue, Boerum Hill, Court Street, crocuses, daffodils, florist, GRDN, Hoyt Street, hyacinths, Opalia, Trader Joe's, urban gardener
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