Despite the many demands of this busy month, we had a great turnout for December’s Design Workshop on the subject of garden fences and walls. From classic white pickets and rustic split rail to stunning sheet metal, we got to see some amazing garden enclosures and pick up some great ideas too. Below is a [...]
Landing in The Newark Airport early Christmas morning, I am always somewhat pleasantly surprised when the custom officials say ‘Welcome home’ to me. My first reaction is to say ‘Thanks. It’s good to be back on U.S. soil’. But over the past several years, I have found myself feeling something quite different: that I am [...]
Many years ago, when I worked as an editor at Rodale Press Garden Books, part of my job was looking at pretty pictures of gardens. Lots of pictures. Many thousands of pictures. You see, each of us worked on the photo selections for the books we were individually responsible for, and we often pitched in to [...]
Office work has been unrelenting recently, but last Saturday, with an impending storm I could no longer put off fertilizing my rhododendron garden. It began as a chore and instantly became ecstatic. O the joy! Thanks Walt Whitman. As I walked down to the garden in the cool cloudy morning with 2 bags of fertilizer [...]
Ok, now–this is getting a little old. Technically, it’s not even winter yet, but we’ve already had an entire winter’s worth of wicked weather. It’s one thing to get ice, sleet, and snow in February and March, because spring is near, but right now, spring seems a mighty long way away. Still, our neighborhood can [...]