Month: August 2013
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In the Hazy Light of August . . .
The Home Stretch of Summer Crickets, bluejays, morning fog, lazy sunrises & lengthening shadows; September is coming . . . Seems We’re all Soaking Up the Last, Warm, Hazy Days of August . . . Photography & Text â“’ Michaela Medina Harlow/The Gardener’s Eden. All images, articles and content on this site (with noted exceptions), […]
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Lost in a Late Summer Reverie . . .
 On the Terrace: Dahlia ‘Karma Choc’ and Angelonia angustifolia ‘Angelface Dark Violet’ Out watering containers this morning —listening to the chorus of crickets in the meadow and cedar waxwings in the viburnum— I found myself lost in a late summer reverie. With Dahlias, Summersweet, fragrant Lilies, Garden Phlox and Hydrangea in bloom, ornamental grasses sending […]
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Anticipating the Blue, Green Corn Moon
Magical Moonlight on My Hilltop When skies are clear and the timing is right, August’s full, Green Corn Moon is often spectacular. Tonight it will be extra special, as this full moon, also known as the Sturgeon Moon and Grain Moon, is a Blue Moon as well. Yes, yes, I know there’s only one full […]
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As the Days of Late Summer Fly By . . .
Above the Ripe Fields – Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts Spending a bit more time in the air again, of late… Enjoying the beauty of the New England landscape, from above. Some time away, a fresh perspective… All good. And so, I’ve collected and edited a visual journal of these hours and days. Colors, textures and patterns; […]
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Beauty Everlasting: Drying Flowers . . .
Arms Full of Heather, Gathered from the Ledges (Calluna vulgaris ‘Silver Knight’), for Drying in Bundles In a cool climate like New England, with a short growing season and so much to do, summers often feel as if they are passing by too quickly. It seems like we’re all scrambling to stretch out the warm […]
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All Hail, Amazing Kale! Jennifer Audette On Summer’s Hippest Superfood & Sumptuous Peach, Corn & Kale Salad . . .
Peach, Corn & Kale Salad, Recipe Below Kale, glorious kale. A member of the extensive Brassica oleracea species (cultivars: cabbage, broccoli, kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, savoy), kale is in the acephala group, which means “headlessâ€. Kale and its nearly identical partner, collards, are likely quite similar to the earliest forms of cultivated cabbage, which were […]
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