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The Outsider: Shady Terrace in Brooklyn Heights
NO SUN… no matter. My friend Elke Kuhn has wrought a lush green miracle on the north-facing terrace behind her 2nd floor Brooklyn apartment. Go here to read today’s Brownstoner post about how she manages to nurture all sorts of … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING, THE OUTSIDER / BROWNSTONER.COM
Tagged Brooklyn Heights, Elke Kuhn, shade, terrace
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Late Summer Garden Challenges
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
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND
Tagged ajuga, boxwood, bugleweed, chelone, cranesbill 'Rozanne, cutting garden, deer, Deer-Out, East Hampton, Eastern redbud, epimedium, ferns, Korean boxwood, ligularia, miscanthus, perennials, pieris, pruning, rhododendrons, shade, turtlehead
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Fall Plant Shopping
HAVING BOTH DEER AND SHADE to contend with is kind of like being a vegan. It’s doable, but your choices are awfully limited. I wanted to do some planting this first fall on my woodsy property in Springs, but I … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged alder buckthorn, deer, deer fence, Deer-Resistant Landscape, East Hampton, Fine Line, lilacs, online nurseries, ornamental grasses, panicum virgatum, planting, Prairie Fire, rejuvenation pruning, rhamnus frangula, Round Up, shade, Springs, Wayside Gardens, White Flower Farm, wisteria, woods
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