It seems that while I was ‘out of the office’ over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend that there was much discussion about 2 blogs that were mentioned in the USA Weekend Magazine article which I want to address. First of all, a hardy welcome to everyone who has come to visit with us. As Nan already[...]
Years ago, I saw a movie called ‘Smoke’ in which a photographer went to the exact same corner every day on a busy street in Manhattan at exactly the same time to take a photograph. He went through this process because he wanted to show that nothing ever stays the same. Depending on the time of[...]
In response to Nan’s Design Workshop for November, I decided to share the story of my garden pathways. I have been gardening on a sharply steeping, aberrant piece of land, about one half acre, for the past twenty-six years (Yikes, that’s a long time!). The picture below is how the front of my home was[...]
HOT OFF THE PRESS: sent to me by a friend and as written by Peter Kafka (I don’t know of what publication) “Conde Nast is closing its House and Garden Magazine and its accompanying website. Not a shock to see a venerable magazine close these days, though it’s interesting that Conde didn’t keep the website[...]
It looks like the ‘big boys’ of the gardening world still carry a lot of muscle. Last March a legal battle ensued when The Scotts Company accused TerraCycle, Inc. of false advertising claims and trade infringements. If you haven’t heard of TerraCycle, it is a recently established company that offers an all liquid, organic plant[...]