Month: November 2018
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Apples, Baking, Cookbooks, Cranberries, Recipes
Rosy Apple-Cranberry Galette. . . Blushing Beauty for the Holiday Table
Blushing Beauty: Rosy Apple-Cranberry Galette Confession: a slightly different version of this blog post should have published before Thanksgiving. However . . . LIFE. Yes, that. If you live in Vermont you know about the early snow followed by the crazy cold snap —and by cold snap I mean near-record setting, ridiculous, -1 degree weather, […]
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Early Winter
Secret Garden, Mid-November Winter arrived early this year —more than a month early, with 8″ of snow on November 15th, to be exact— leaving me a bit underprepared. Mother Nature decides when the seasons change, and she couldn’t care less about our plans. Those bulbs you bought on sale in late October? Guess you’ll be […]
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Autumn, Autumn Color in the Garden, Autumn Garden Design, Japanese Maple
Of Rust & Rain: November’s Garden
The Leaves of Enkianthus campanulatas ‘Red Bells’ Flicker Against Grey-Green Microbiota decussata. This Beauty is Equally Stunning in Springtime. Click Here to Read More. Early November’s combination of thick frost, cold rain, wet snow and high wind has taken a toll on late season color in the garden. Trees along the ledgy ridge line —particularly […]
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Chrysanthemum Show Smith College, Chrysanthemums, Lyman Conservatory, Smith College Botanical Garden
Mum’s the Word? I Can’t Keep a Secret! Visiting Smith College Botanic Garden’s Fall Chrysanthemum Show, 2018
Watch Out, Gucci: Evan’s Dream Chrysanthemum (Fukuske, Spider Class), in Pale Pink Couture at Smith College Botanic Garden. We’ve all been invited to some obligatory formal event or other —black tie, couture gown, rsvp— only to send our regrets at first politely permissible moment. Don’t get me wrong. Parties are great fun, but sometimes it’s […]
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Autumn, Autumn Color in the Garden
Bittersweet Endings: Nod To November
Bittersweet Reflections (Acer palmatum x dissectum) November arrived quietly this year; creeping in with melancholy whispers of fog and chilly rain. Bittersweet leaves glow along back roads and pile up in water-logged ditches. Suddenly, the skeletal lines of late autumn have reappeared. Winter is coming. We can feel it now, in our bones. Dia de […]
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