Yesterday, because Avery the Pooch required a walk, and because I needed some exercise too (we’re on lock-down here), I decided to wander the property behind my house with both dog and video camera in tow. Want to see what we saw while strolling the muddy mid-March gardens at Clover Hill? Walk with us:
Thanks for walking with Avery and me today. After you’ve scraped the mud from your shoes, please tell me about your own garden. Is it providing a sense of hope for you during this time of global anxiety? A penny for thoughts! xKevin
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Julie Culshaw says
I’ll have to try that trick on my dog, who pulls a lot. As for the garden, we are still buried under a foot of snow, won’t see any signs of spring for another month. Nice to see your place, thanks for the tour.
Nycole says
Yes! Me too, I am still somewhat buried under snow in Zone 5, Hudson, Quebec!!! I wish, with all that is going on in the world right now, to just be outside gardening! Good for the soul.
Elizabeth says
You have a beautiful big property & house. I am in Southern Ontario & I have narcissis & tulips coming up & my rhubarb is peaking through which is very inspiring. I love to see the plants starting to come up in the spring.
Mary Hoffert says
Thanks for the tour and the anti-pulling tip. You should get a harness for Avery – better than pulling on her neck
Pat Dobbins says
I have one request… Please do this same garden tour when the kitchen garden is growing and everything is green and beautiful. Actually, I think it’s beautiful now in its own way. ☺ Thanks for the tour. You are very fortunate to have a great place to walk around right now. I do love my tiny yard here in West Texas though. The pear tree is in full bloom, the Apple tress are budding, as well as the lilac bush and honey suckle. My small garlic patch is really doing great. Can’t wait to plant some tomatoes, peppers and whatever else we decide. Have a great week …….. Oh.. I love your sweet dog. We have two dachshunds who are sisters.
Julia says
Spring bulbs bloom in late winter here on the shores of Puget Sound so snowdrops, daffodils and crocuses in February and daffodils, hyacinths and grape hyacinths this month with tulips showing foliage and even a few buds. Deer nibbled away all but daffodil foliage but things bloomed anyway. Strolling my spring garden gives me immense joy every year but especially these stressful times. Living one day at a time, hoping for the best. Wishing everyone good health and happiness in simple pleasures.
Mary says
Kevin,
Wonderful to join you on a walk around your property. Beautiful views of the Hudson; the swing must be so relaxing in the summer under the trees.
Looking forward to seeing it again with the Spring flowers, Summer flowers and Autumn colors. How wonderful for you to have a peaceful area to walk and enjoy nature. Thank you for sharing.
Didn’t notice your winter sowing!! I’ve started some, but not as many as last year….but there is still time.
I have daffodils blooming. Most are “memory” daffodils, as they are from my Mom’s, aunt’s and friends’ gardens. Virginia Bluebells are just starting to bloom and forsythia is in full bloom. Wonderful to see cheerful colors in the garden.
Have a peaceful day and stay healthy!!
Cynthia Shultz says
I am in Florida now but I hear at home I have crocus and aconite. Did you mean Viburnum on that other bush?
Cindy says
Avery is a sweetie and a beautiful girl! Thank you for including your ‘fur babies’ in your blogs and showing your love and care for them. I enjoyed your March garden walk and watching Spring slowly return. I do need to get out and take note as to how my grounds are progressing. Besides this virus, I have a huge cast on my left hand, wrist and arm from a St. Pats Day surgery! ( I’m left handed too) that prevents me from doing too much…ugh…but I’ll improvise somehow, thanks to your blog!
Adrian says
So beautiful! !Couldn’t stop thinking of John Denver’s ‘Almost Heaven, West Virginia” ! How many acres do you have, Kevin?
Perhaps you could do the same tour every couple of months to show us the seasonal changes.
GrammaTer says
I enjoyed the tour very much. Thanks for the escape. In Eastern Washington we have daffodils and crocus and other spring reminders blooming. It makes it so much easier to deal with everything that is going on in the world. I feel so sorry for those who cannot get out and enjoy nature.
Anne F. says
Thanks for the tour, especially of your woodland garden. I miss the spring walks I always took as soon as the snow started to leave back when I lived in the country on 40 acres. Now that I reside in a village, I have to be content watching the snow recede from my small backyard.
So far I have early crocus coming up on the south side of the house here in northern Michigan. Spring is on it’s way and that’s a reason to smile. Another reason for smiling is your blog. Thank you!
Kim F says
Even though it is only 33 degrees in Northwest Indiana I was outside digging this morning. I am cleaning up an area that used to be a shade garden that lost its shade and now will be an herb garden. I dug up weeds – of course because they seem to grow nonstop through the winter – and daffodils that have been in place for over 20 years. I’ll offer the daffodils for free on FB Marketplace and if they are replanted soon enough they may even bloom this year – the buds were just starting to emerge. I got some plants on Marketplace last fall and I’m anxious to see how they do – surprise lilies and tall Turks cap lilies. Later I’ll be thinning out some of my perennials and offering them on Marketplace – Shasta Daisy Becky for one. Digging is therapeutic for me so this could be a very good year for my gardens.
Peggy M. says
Thanks for taking us outside to see your garden. In our area we’re having a little snow today. I have a few daffodils and early tulips peeking through the leaves against my cottage.
Happy spring! Stay well!
Peggy M. says
In our area we’re having a little snow today. I have a few daffodils and early tulips peeking through the leaves against my cottage.
Happy spring! Stay well!
badger gardener says
Such a lovely walk. We have a few things poking up here and there. The last couple of years the local rabbits have decided they like the chives . Prior to that it wasn’t a problem but I guess I need to start protecting it. I have a container of arugula starting and have been tasting the sprouts as I thin them. Anxiously awaiting more home grown flavors. Take care.
Charlotte DiPaola says
Kevin, I live minutes from your house but your tour makes me feel you live on an old English estate. My gardening consists of two raised planters. (They start out four feet off the ground but got so heavy they are sinking fast) and every call I swear I’m not doing this again. But after months of eating frozen fruits and veggies, I’m ready to til that soil. I think I’m going for a real garden this year like yours. What type of wood do you recommend for the raised planting beds?
Kathy Rainieri says
Thank you for the tour Kevin! Can’t wait to see it again when the plants are blooming. I have a question. How do you keep the deer from eating your thuja, yews and rhododendrons in the winter? Or maybe you don’t have a deer problem in your area? Thank you
Lorraine Eastman says
Kevin, What a great idea for you and Avery to take us for a walk through your beautiful gardens on a Sunday afternoon when we’re all being asked to remain indoors because of the virus. You are amazing! It felt like a real walk. Thank you.
Edie says
Thanks for the walk Kevin and Avery! 80 degrees in SC and lots of plants in bloom…a month early! I have vegetable plants grown from seed ready for the garden but not sure when to put them in the soil…still about 3 weeks to the recommended date. Currently very warm but also too windy! I love Spring, outdoors and tomatoes! Everyone should find a swing like yours, a porch, or rocking chair if only for a moment to enjoy some fresh air and sunshine!
Kathy Bence says
Yes, starting my own seeds is such a hopeful project. I have a greenhouse made of recycled windows and it is FULL of tiny tiny seedlings just popping up. Three types of tomatoes, three types of squash, cucumbers, ornamental gourds, kohlrabi, cantaloupe, watermelon, two types of peppers, chard, lettuce, spinach and more I can’t remember!! Such fun!
Antoinette says
I loved your garden tour Kevin…so big !! How big is your property, and how much help do you have in it’s maintenance? Lovely to see the daffs poking their first leaves up, testing the temperature maybe. I would like to see the garden when everything is in leaf again..,another video when you have time?
Cheers…Antoinette Evans
Franceen Elias-Stein says
So lovely to walk along with you on your property. I have daffodils just beginning to come up and can’t wait for Memorial Day weekend when I can put in my vegetable garden.
Linda Kalbler says
Hi Kevinl
Loved the tour. Love avery.
I have a British lab and 2 cocker spaniels
Needless to say my yard is a disaster. But I did see a hosta peeking through the leaves yesterday. Keep up the positive posts.
Margie says
This walk was great fun. Thank you for bringing us along. I agree with others that a regular tour to see how it is all progressing would be wonderful. We are staying home now as we are supposed to do. Trying to stay safe as we are older. Spending time with you is a wonderful way to spend the day.
Linda says
Hi Kevin,
I’ve been reading about straw bale gardening & wonder if you’ve had experience with that.
I’m renting right now and don’t want to spend a ton to get a garden going. I’m going to look
at pine boards for raised beds, as you suggest, to see how that compares cost-wise. They’d be
more attractive than the straw bales or I could maybe just make-do with some of the large containers I have.
I also have to add fencing to keep our deer with insatiable appetites out. That’s really the biggest challenge.
My building skills are very limited but seems I could figure something out.
BTW, I love your herb garden. Also appreciate all the great reading and inspiration you provide!