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Green Acre #234: Cherries on Top

It’s (very) soon time for bloom time.

March 10, 2021

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Green Acre #233: Table Fires Everywhere

These refined ‘appliances’ can light up the night garden.

March 3, 2021

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Green Acre #232: The Allure of Old Kitchenware

There’s more for the winter gardener than browsing seed catalogues.

February 24, 2021

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Green Acre #231: Time to Posy On Down to Philly?

Not yet. The Philadelphia Flower Show will take place in June this year. Outdoors.

February 17, 2021

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Green Acre #230: You Can Say That With Flowers?!

Love isn’t the only message blossoms can send.

February 10, 2021

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Green Acre #229: Splendor in the (Fake) Grass?

Tiny lawns make little sense. Tiny fake ones even less.

February 3, 2021

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Kitchen Wisdom (From a Guy Who Really Knows)

Chef Spike Mendelsohn loves speed ovens and worries about sharp-edged pot racks.

January 28, 2021

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Green Acre #228: Plants v. Decorating Flaws? Plants Win!

Greenery is the ultimate distraction from our homes’ shortcomings.

January 27, 2021

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Green Acre #227: Post-Holiday Greens

No more holiday glitz. Instead, fresh cuttings and the promise of spring.

January 20, 2021

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Green Acre #226: Layers of Color, Layers of Life

Blossoms elevate the mood as well as the interior.

January 13, 2021

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Green Acre #225: All That Jasmine

This fragrant plant keeps giving and giving.

January 6, 2021

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Green Acre #224: Very-Last-Minute Gardener Gifts

Yup, there’s still time.

December 23, 2020

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Green Acre #223: Christmas? Hanukkah? As Long as It’s Glitzy

Over-the-top glamour works for both.

December 16, 2020

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Green Acre #222: Deck the Halls . . . and Window Boxes

One woman’s display puts some of us (ahem) to shame.

December 9, 2020

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Green Acre #221: Hi, Hi, Birdie!

The cage in the winter “jungle” is full once more.

December 2, 2020

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Green Acre #220: Thanks, Mom

A way with flowers wasn’t her mother’s only legacy.

November 18, 2020

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Green Acre #219: An Invader Worse Than Kudzu?

‘The Case of the (Potentially) Runaway Hedge.’

November 11, 2020

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Green Acre #218: Real Thoughts About Fake Flowers

A contrarian as usual, she says outdoors is okay, indoors no.

November 4, 2020

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