MEET MY NEWEST TEA-TIME ADDICTION -- Sugar Cookie Tartlets. To make them, you bake sugar cookie dough in the shape of little cups. Then you fill the cups with luscious, homemade lemon curd, and adorn each tart with a single blueberry. Hard to do? Not at all. Here's my easy (yes, easy!) recipe for these sinfully-delicious treats: Read more » Sugar Cookie Tartlets
May 30, 2013
MEET MY NEWEST TEA-TIME ADDICTION -- Sugar Cookie Tartlets. To make them, you bake sugar cookie dough in the shape of little cups. Then you fill the cups with luscious, homemade lemon curd, and adorn each tart with a single blueberry. Hard to do? Not at all. Here's my easy (yes, easy!) recipe for these sinfully-delicious treats: Read more » Hori Hori Tool: The Winner
May 29, 2013
WOW. I'd like to thank all 1,055 of you who entered my latest random drawing. If only I could give each and every one of you a Hori Hori weeding-tool! But alas, the little number generator at Random.org selected the following comment number as the winning one: Read more » June First, 2013 “Open Day”
May 26, 2013
LIVE IN OR AROUND NEW YORK'S HUDSON VALLEY? Then I hope you'll stop by and say "hello" next Saturday. My garden will be open as part of the Garden Conservancy's "Open Days" program. What you'll see on your tour here, and links to other nearby gardens that you can visit on the first day of June: Read more » Sunday Brunch: Creamy Gratin of Hard Boiled Eggs
May 23, 2013
FOR A BREAKFAST OR BRUNCH PARTY, nothing beats this Creamy Gratin of Hard Boiled Eggs. It’s easy to make. It’s gluten-free. And it’s rapturously-delicious. It’s also cook-friendly, because you can make the whole dish a day in advance, and then simply pop it in the oven shortly before your guests arrive. Here’s the recipe: Read more » Hori Hori Tool
May 20, 2013
I RECENTLY PURCHASED A HORI HORI KNIFE. It's a Japanese gardening tool with a concave center (like a trowel), and a sharp, serrated edge. Would you like to see what this nifty gadget can do? Read more » Awesome Almond Biscotti
May 17, 2013
WHAT’S CRUNCHY, only slightly-sweet, and perfect for dunking in a cup of hot coffee? The Almond Biscotti you see pictured above. If I can make these awesome Italian biscuits on a busy gardening- and housekeeping-day, I’ll wager you can, too. Here’s the super-simple recipe: Read more » My Garden in Mid-May
May 14, 2013
IN MAY, when the days are warm, the air is fragrant, and the phlox subulata (above) is in bloom, I like to take Lily the Beagle on leisurely walks. Would you like to see what we see when we tour the gardens here? Join us. Read more » 
