Mary Beth: I can write this post now because the cold weather has finally come to the Island and my husband won’t blame me for “jinxing” the unusually warm weather we’ve enjoyed recently. Every time I spoke about how wonderful it’s been and of the flowers that are still blooming around the Island and in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Island’
Late Season Blossoms
Posted in Block Island, Flowers, Garden, tagged Bees, Block Island, Blossoms, Flowers, Gardening, Island, Roses on December 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Ch-Ch-Changes
Posted in Block Island, Colorado, Flowers, Garden, Vegetables, tagged Block Island, Blossoms, Blue Star Amsonia, Changes, Colorado, Flowers, Garden, Garden Planning, Gardening, Island, Poppies, Raised Bed Gardening, raised beds, Transplanting, Vegetable Garden on September 18, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Mary Beth: I love this time of year. It’s a time when I like to make a few changes in the garden beds. Some work, some don’t and, while the main bones of the garden will always be the same, it’s fun to have a few surprises to look forward to the next year. And [...]
Garden Dreams: Flowers
Posted in Bees, Block Island, Flowers, Garden, Honey, Vegetables, tagged Astilbe, Balloon Flower, Black-eyed Susans, Block Island, Blossoms, Bonica Rose, Clematis, Coneflower, Daisies, Echinacea, Flower Beds, Flower Photography, Flowers, Garden, Gardening, Hydrangea, Island, Lilies, Love-in-a-Mist, Nasturtium, Oriental Lillies, Plants, Roses, St. John's Wort, Sunflower, Veronica, Wisteria on August 27, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Barbara: The vegetable garden provides us with deeply-appreciated sustenance for body and soul, but the flower garden is a feast for the eyes, not to mention an irresistible draw for bees and humans (especially humans with cameras). I’ve indulged in the written word in the past two posts. This time I’ll let the images speak [...]
Garden Dreams: The Vegetable Garden
Posted in Block Island, California, Flowers, Garden, Vegetables, tagged Block Island, Blossoms, California, Deer Fence, Flowers, Garden, Gardening, Island, Ocean, Organic, Plants, Raised bed, Raised Bed Gardening, Raised Bed Vegetable Garden, Vegetable Garden on August 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Barbara: A few days ago I shared the story of how my Dad started gardening on Block Island and how my sister helped him after he became ill. Until he passed in 2004, Dad and Mary Beth worked side-by-side and built on the bones of the garden he started back in the summer of 1968. [...]
Garden Dreams
Posted in Block Island, Flowers, Garden, Vegetables, tagged Block Island, Blossoms, Deer, Dogs, Flowers, Garden, Gardening, Island, Ocean, Plants, Roses, Seedlings, Summer, Vegetable Garden on August 10, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Barbara: Once upon a time my parents dreamed of a place where they could live by the sea with their five children during lazy summers. So in the winter of 1964 my mom pored over the rental ads in the Sunday New York Times. She found a tiny ad for a summer cottage on Block [...]
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