Fall is one of the busiest times in the garden. Even spring, the season when most people get âplanting fever,â doesnât measure up to the amount of planting we can and should do now. Vegetable gardeners are preparing beds and planting fall and winter vegetables and herbs that will thrive in the cool temperatures and…
As a girl, whenever I was impatiently looking forward to a special day, like the end of school, or going on vacation, or my birthday (been a long time since I looked forward to one of those), my mom would always say, âDonât wish your life away.â Decades later, Iâve finally figured out what she…
COTY season is here, that time of year when paint companies, after months of tea-leaf and tarot-card readings, announce their respective spotlighted hues. Those divining the new colors for Color of The Year consider the social mood, political climate, economy, world events, travel trends and the color of the inside of their eyelids, before extracting…
In the world of art and design, there are two schools of thought. On one side are those who create or sell art. Artists and gallery owners, for instance, tend to promote the idea that if you love a piece, buy it. You will always find a place for it. Interior designers, on the other…
Immediately after I completed my horticultural training back in the mid-1970s, I took a job restoring, as best I could, a beautiful old estate on the Palisade cliffs of the Hudson River. Designed by the Olmsted Brothers, the successor to the firm founded by the co-designer of New York’s Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted, it…
“Ugg,” came the text from my daughter, “I’m not used to having a landlord.” I could sense the steam coming through the phone, so I called her. She unleashed a litany of frustrations: a towel bar falling off the wall, a ceiling fan not working, windows that won’t open, and unsightly nail holes from the…
