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Raking Leaves is a A Fool’s Errand
THAT PHRASE POPPED INTO MY HEAD TODAY as I raked leaves. It’s an impossible task, because every night’s breezes bring a fresh layer. Yesterday I observed my next-door neighbor raking, raking, raking, making huge piles for the town pick-up. Today, … Continue reading
Posted in COTTAGE LIVING, GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND
Tagged allium Gladiator, alliums, aronia, aronia arbutifolia, autumn, Bridge Gardens, Bridgehampton, BROOKLYN, Chanticleer, chokeberries, compost, cranesbill, deer, deer fence, East Hampton, elephant ears, evergreens, Excelsior, fall, fall garden chores, geraniums, Hyacinthoides, hydrangea 'Annabelle', hydrangeas, Japanese fountain grass, Lily Leichtlinii, Longhouse Reserve, mulch, pied a terre, raking leaves, Roxanne, Spanish bluebells, Springs, tapestry hedge, to-do list, topsoil
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The Boxwood Rebellion
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
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND
Tagged American boxwood, blackthorn, boxwood, buxus sempervirens, common boxwood, crabapple, Dean Riddle, deer, deer-resistant, East Hampton, field maple, hawthorn, hazel, highbush blueberry, honeysuckle, mixed country hedge, mixed hedge, mountain laurels, pagoda dogwood, shade-tolerant, spicebush, tapestry hedge, viburnum
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