TWO WEEKS AGO, I asked you to join me for a mid-April garden tour. But spring has progressed rather dramatically since then. Now clumps of blue Scilla siberica (above) dot the lawn, the Yoshino Cherry is in almond-scented bloom, the adorable fiddleheads of ferns are emerging in the Woodland Garden, the species tulips have opened their fragrant cups, and...well, care to join me for a late-April stroll? Read more » Late-April Garden Tour
April 26, 2013
TWO WEEKS AGO, I asked you to join me for a mid-April garden tour. But spring has progressed rather dramatically since then. Now clumps of blue Scilla siberica (above) dot the lawn, the Yoshino Cherry is in almond-scented bloom, the adorable fiddleheads of ferns are emerging in the Woodland Garden, the species tulips have opened their fragrant cups, and...well, care to join me for a late-April stroll? Read more » Now in Bloom, February 2013
February 2, 2013
YESTERDAY, I had great fun photographing the houseplants in the music room window. Would you like to meet these bloomers and perfumers? Say "hello" in this show-and-tell photo gallery (and I hope you'll tell me what's growing in your own window garden): Read more » Garden Tour, January 2013
January 17, 2013
IN JANUARY, when the air is calm, the trees glisten with snow, and the ground crunches under foot, I enjoy taking Lily the Beagle for brisk walks. Would you like to see what we see when we tour the gardens here? Walk with us. Read more » How I Prepare My Raised Beds for Winter
November 12, 2012
HOW'S YOUR YARD CLEAN-UP PROGRESSING? This morning I had a panic attack, after hearing that a deluge and a deep-freeze were headed to the Hudson Valley. The problem? I had not yet put my Herb Garden to bed. Consequently I leaped into action: Read more » Window Garden, November 2012
November 10, 2012
YES, I KNOW IT'S NEARLY WINTER, but the plants in my upstairs bath are convinced that June has arrived. Would you like to meet these intrepid bloomers? Say "hello" in this photo gallery, and then I hope you'll tell me what's blooming in your own window garden: Read more » Garden Tour, Autumn 2012
October 19, 2012
IN AUTUMN, when the air is crisp, the sun is shining, and the leaves are falling, I enjoy taking Lily the Beagle on leisurely walks. Would you like to see what we see as we tour the gardens here? Walk with us: Read more » Pool Makeover
July 31, 2012
I REFUSE TO LIVE WITH A MISTAKE. And what a colossal blunder my partner and I made back in 2003, when we had a pool dug on the property. Actually, the pool wasn't the problem -- the area around it was. As you can see in the photo up top, we'd had a fence installed right next to the pool's narrow cement border. Would you like to see how I turned this pool prison into a pool garden? Read more » 
