Tag Archives: miscanthus

Talking to Miscanthus

Posted on April 12, 2014 by cara

IT’S SPRING, and I like my life again. Winter is my time for serious worry. With spring come more lighthearted concerns. Instead of How the hell am I going to pay my bills?, it’s Are you supposed to cut above … Continue reading →

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Garden Voyeur: Ingenuity in Sag Harbor

Posted on July 21, 2013 by cara

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 →

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Fall, Glorious Fall

Posted on October 13, 2011 by cara

IT’S BEEN REALLY HARD to tear myself away from the country these mid-autumn days, but return to the big city I must, sometimes. Even though my woodsy part of eastern Long Island, being mostly oaks, is not known for blazing … Continue reading →

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Late Summer Garden Challenges

Posted on September 5, 2011 by cara

THIS IS NOT my East Hampton garden’s finest hour. I came back after two weeks in the Big City and a hurricane — no, a tropical storm, but still — to find it looking…well, shvach. That word comes to me … Continue reading →

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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 →

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