By joenesgarden, 1 day ago

Home to signs of spring

A few days in Lake Placid, New York shows ice still covers many streams,

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By joenesgarden, 5 days ago

Gardens to See: The Mount

Italian Villas If traveling through eastern Massachusetts be sure to allow time for a visit to The Mount, the former home of author Edith Wharton.  Wharton created the estate and surrounding gardens to suit the classically formal designs of her book, The Decoration of Houses.  Wharton also wrote many other books on gardens and landscapes including, Italian Villas and their Gardens.

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By joenesgarden, 8 days ago

Gardens to See: Naumkeag

Gardeners and others seeking to witness ways to optimize the particulars of a landscape with simple, striking design should add a visit to Naumkeag to their list of gardens to see.  Naumkeag, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, was the summer retreat of Joseph Choate and family.  The 44-room 'cottage' and surrounding gardens sit high on a hill overlooking Monument Mountain.  The gardens were designed by famed landscape architect, Fletcher Steele, though history hints that Choate's daughter, Mabel, helped.

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By joenesgarden, 11 days ago

Generosity Abounds - Gardening OOPs for March

Today, being the first day of March, is GOOPS day at joene's garden.  GOOPS stands for gardening OOPs.  I fess up one of the many gardening mistakes I've made over the years, hoping that my admission will help prevent other gardeners from doing the same.  Then I encourage you to share a GOOPs as well.

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By joenesgarden, 17 days ago

Plotting along, but winter still rules

fresh snow 02-2010 measuring tapes The tools?  Paper, pencil, measuring tapes, and because the ground's frozen state will not allow me to drive stakes in as markers, a willing husband.  He held one end of the measuring tape while I held the other and carefully recorded each measurement for later use.

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