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slideshow and podcast: august gratitude list
BROWN PATCHES of lawn and garden widen daily, and the “grass” is now a minefield of yellow-jacket nests. Ouch! But the hummingbirds dance around me while I weed, and the tadpoles have suddenly hatched...
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slideshow: appreciating september’s offerings
WITH THE FIRST COLD NIGHTS (we hit 41 degrees F Monday!) I’m suddenly invigorated–and overtaken by two impulses: to nest and get cozy (including tossing out loads of things), and to edit the garden...
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parting-glances slideshow: late-october stars
YES, I KNOW: IT’S GETTING LATE. But among the parting glances of the fall garden, there are still some pretty spectacular moments to enjoy…if you hurry, and widen your gaze to include everything from a...
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slideshow: simple was best in the 2012 garden
IT WASN’T ONE OF THOSE “KA-POW!” YEARS in the garden, visually (well, unless you were my dear old rhubarb, above). In fact at many moments it was more “ka-bam!” (as in things crashing and burning,...
View Articleslideshow: august garden open day
CAN ANYBODY RECOMMEND A LAWNCARE EXPERT? That was my first thought after 650 sets of feet marched on the garden Saturday, in my final Garden Conservancy Open Day of the 2013 visiting season. I say...
View Articlefield-guide giveaway, and a walk in the woods with naturalist charley eiseman
I READ ABOUT a smartphone app the other day in the newspaper, one that’s meant to help ID things you happen upon while on a hike. Naturalist and author Charley Eiseman is far better company, and I...
View Articleslideshow: june 7 garden-tour
RECIPE FOR A GARDEN TOUR: Shop ahead, then carefully clean and prep all ingredients and surfaces. Preset sky for sunshine; [read more…] The post slideshow: june 7 garden-tour appeared first on A Way To...
View Articleseptember open garden tour: a giant botanical birdfeeder
I WASN’T CERTAIN everyone else would share my enthusiasm about what really amounts to a giant birdfeeder: grasses and forbs [read more…] The post september open garden tour: a giant botanical...
View Articlea walk in the woods with naturalist charley eiseman
I READ ABOUT a smartphone app the other day in the newspaper, one that’s meant to help ID things you [read more…] The post a walk in the woods with naturalist charley eiseman appeared first on A Way To...
View Articleslideshow: june 7 garden-tour
RECIPE FOR A GARDEN TOUR: Shop ahead, then carefully clean and prep all ingredients and surfaces. Preset sky for sunshine; [read more…] The post slideshow: june 7 garden-tour appeared first on A Way To...
View Articleseptember open garden tour: a giant botanical birdfeeder
I WASN’T CERTAIN everyone else would share my enthusiasm about what really amounts to a giant birdfeeder: grasses and forbs [read more…] The post september open garden tour: a giant botanical...
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