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Garden Voyeur: Ingenuity in Sag Harbor
DRIVING THROUGH THE HISTORIC VILLAGE of Sag Harbor, Long Island, recently, the creative landscaping on a smallish corner lot grabbed my attention. I parked the car and popped out to get a closer look at the curved metal planting beds, … Continue reading
Decisions, Decisions
THESE DAYS, I’M FACED WITH CHOICES I couldn’t have predicted a few months back, when I lived in a brownstone in Brooklyn. They’re fun choices, not matters of life and death. Still, they are perplexing. For example: Fencing: how high? … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND, OLD-HOUSE MAKEOVERS
Tagged blue Atlas cedar, cedar, cobblestones, cottage, deer fencing, driveway, East Hampton, edging, fence, fencing, fireplace, gravel, Malm, parking court, pea gravel, Springs, steel, tree removal, white oak, Zircon
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To Roundup or Not to Roundup?
OVERWHELMED AGAIN as I contemplate all that needs doing, landscape-wise, here at Green Half-Acre. In rough order of priority, this is what I hope to accomplish this fall/winter: Board fence and gate across the front of property (80 feet) to … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, LONG ISLAND
Tagged board fence, compost, deer fence, East Hampton, gardening, gravel, LANDSCAPING, lily of the valley, parking court, patio, planting beds, preparation, Roundup, Springs, wisteria
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Rent This Quirky, Adorable Philadelphia Trinity House
IT WORKED BEFORE, SO I’M TRYING IT AGAIN. I rented my townhouse in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, last month through this blog when six real estate brokers and Craigslist couldn’t do it. Now another of my rental properties is becoming available … Continue reading
Posted in PHILADELPHIA, PROPERTIES FOR RENT
Tagged 1940s, 19th century, artists' studios, backyard, brick row houses, BROOKLYN, by owner, carpet factories, claw foot tub, Cobble Hill, for rent, garden, gravel, Kensington, Little England, living lofts, loft-like, new kitchen, Northern Liberties, painted, Palethorp Street, pedestal sink, PHILADELPHIA, Philly, re-wired, renovated, textile factories, trinity house, vintage
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