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Boxwoods to the Rescue

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

This one’s just for fun, above — it’s one of the more original examples of boxwood topiary I’ve seen in East Hampton IT’S PLANTING TIME AGAIN, and sale time, too, in the nurseries here on Long Island. Forty percent off … Continue reading →

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Lula’s Garden

Posted on June 11, 2011 by

Four Alberta spruces and a boxwood hedge lead the way from driveway to front door GOT ME A NEW CAMERA, but it’s not out of the box yet (I’m a little slow to adopt new technology, even when it’s sitting … Continue reading →

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The Boxwood Rebellion

Posted on September 3, 2010 by

I wasn’t really planning something like this… IT HAPPENED SO FAST, my head is spinning. At 3 o’clock, I was at Spielberg’s Nursery in East Hampton, now that fall sales have begun, looking to see what they might have in … Continue reading →

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I Cheated with Annuals

Posted on May 7, 2010 by

MY NEW PLANTING BEDS – the ones at the front of my property, that started out last fall as piles of dead oak leaves, supplemented by topsoil and compost – are now almost as green as they are brown, with … Continue reading →

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I Dig

Posted on October 16, 2009 by

I ALWAYS THOUGHT B&B stood for bed and breakfast. Now I know it means balled and burlapped. Plants sold in plastic containers are a cinch to plant – you dig a hole and pop them in. Bigger trees and shrubs … Continue reading →

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Cheap Sam’s

Posted on September 16, 2009 by

YESTERDAY I FINALLY GOT THERE: Cheap Sam’s Plant Bargains in Holtsville, N.Y., right off the Long Island Expressway at Exit 62. It’s an hour-and-a-half from East Hampton, but everyone around here seems to know it: “Oh, sure, Cheap Sam’s. Of … Continue reading →

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Home Improvements

Posted on June 11, 2009 by

THIS MORNING I WAS GREETED BY A SURPRISE VISITOR: a 4-foot foxglove in sudden, outrageous bloom in the woods just beyond my property line. Reading up on it, I came upon the phrase “naturalistic woodland garden.” That’s what I want … Continue reading →

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