A couple weeks ago, we welcomed some new friends to the garden, and they fit right in… industry, planning, teamwork, and energy abound! Why in the world would they take on one more thing, you ask? I promise, we did not! A while back, our bee-loving friend, Kellie, pitched the idea of relocating her hives … Continue reading Honeybees in the Garden
There is nothing like the faithful arrival of the Lenten Rose. Out of the spare, reflective season of lent, in the last days of winter, these blooms defy the cold earth and come right up through the snow. Ours are a bit hidden down a lane in the middle garden, so I don’t regularly happen … Continue reading Lenten Roses
It's our first spring in the garden at Wingate house, and among all the wonders unfolding around us, the poppies -- with their odd, hairy pods, their tightly packed tissue paper petals unfurling hour by hour -- are one of the greatest pleasures. Before they opened, Hugh reverently enfolded the pods in his little hands … Continue reading Poppies
The Key to the House 