2020-03-05 21:47
When I was diagnosed, in January 2018, one of the first things my husband said to me was, "This doesn't need to define you." That was my mantra that year, because while cancer didn't necessa… Read More
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From metropolitan NY to the Blue Ridge Mountains of VA; A Garden Blog. Nifty product reviews; local gardening happenings; organic gardening; DIY projects; and chronicles of my own garden experiments.
2017-07-11 16:46
From The Hollow: Lots of weeding, harvesting, napping. New porch furniture and outdoor movies and bonfires in the garden. Outside The Hollow: Local swimming hole; Gloucester, VA; and Wildroc… Read More
2017-05-23 19:54
2016-06-28 19:21
2016-05-27 20:35
2016-04-15 20:28
2015-04-23 16:09
Hot damn, spring is here! And as a former girl from the North, I would say we earned it this go around. But all of that precipitation and those frigid temperatures were, actually, fantastic… Read More
2015-02-10 19:52
Lately, I feel as if my own voice has been reduced to a squeak. My multiple life roles can be a challenge to balance and as an introvert, I can only recharge through down-time that requires… Read More
2014-11-13 19:54
A lot of cleanup happening in the garden these days. It is amazing, when I think that two years ago I was very pregnant with a big baby. (Sam was almost nine pounds when he was born - and me… Read More
2014-11-03 21:35
For the beginner gardener, spring-blooming bulbs are a satisfying, easy start. For the seasoned gardener with a failing memory (me), spring-blooming bulbs are a delight because every forgott… Read More
2014-08-22 15:10
All photos from our gardens, except the top photo and the last. {The last is from Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond - a landscaping feat in and of itself, overlooking the James River.} Sam and… Read More
2014-06-26 15:51
Things to be grateful for: St. Germain + strawberry nectar + seltzer + apple mint cocktails.Trailing roses (pre-Japanese beetle infestation - grrrrrrr.)A toddler who plucks raspberries right… Read More
2014-06-06 14:24
Love-in-a-mist patches.Roses and fern terrarium.Horticultural retail therapy at Milmont Greenhouses in Stuarts Draft. {Pale green nicotiana, summer-blooming alyssum, pineapple sage, lavender… Read More
2014-05-31 11:33
Things have been BUSY in the garden and the hollow - work, play, party hosting, country road evening twirling. But it has been at a pace I am really cherishing. Plants have been… Read More
2013-11-11 14:51
She reminds me. Often. Also, I love that she jumps her into leaf piles barefoot Read More
2013-10-04 16:07
On the water, into the woods, around the garden, looking out to the mountains! Read More
2013-09-20 18:26
There is a small article on our gardens in the July issue of C-ville Weekly's Abode. I hope you will check it out. The photographer {Mallory Benedict} - who I was super comfortable with - al… Read More
2013-09-06 14:56
Autumn is almost here, I can feel it! Read More
2013-08-12 14:35
Willa in her fairy bower. A friend's horse farm.The cutting garden. Looking out to the butterfly garden. We make road trips for homemade ice cream. {They had red… Read More
2013-06-28 17:14
Terrarium life. All good paths lead to Otis. The new shade garden - which now includes two varieties of fragrant hostas.Learning our herbs. Feeling all grow'd up. The blue hydrangea.Th… Read More
2013-06-24 14:56
2006-06-07 11:16
My brain is slowly returning and I am getting back to freelance garden writing. I am lucky, in that favorite editors reach out to me, and make it fun.A piece I wrote a while back is in the M… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
It smelled like hyacinths and fresh flowers in our house, while a beautiful snow fell outside. Could be worse! Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
What a winter. I mean, really. It was a little more treacherous than I expected, and I was aiming low. Being back at work with two kids out in the world, a.k.a. immersed in cold weather germ… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
As I slowly emerge from early baby-land/sleep deprivation, balancing work and mom life, housekeeping duties and wintertime illness(es), I realized one important thing. If I get out/outside e… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
School may have started, but I am not going to let it dictate how we spend the end of August. Where I come from, the school years always started after Labor Day (and after the annual North F… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
How is it early July already? I am not liking how quickly time can pass, especially with the chitlins growing so quickly.But first grade is finished (again, already?!) and we got away to the… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Getting ALL of the gardening things done. Found a fragrant mock orange (second photo up from bottom). Bought some cleome and tomatoes and they are all planted. Phew. My brother h… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Celebrating the sun, the rain, new plants and seeds that have been scattered. So many plant sales! I am trying out many new things this year - as a result of the generosity of other gar… Read More
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