city gardening

Green Acre #45: The Chagall in the Garden

Not your average garden ornament.

March 8, 2017

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Green Acre #44: On the Whole . . .

. . . I’d rather be in Philadelphia, for the Philadelphia Flower Show!

March 1, 2017

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Green Acre #43: Stop! It’s Not Spring!

Only February and everything is coming up: Boom. Boom. Boom.

February 22, 2017

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Green Acre #42: Thoughts on Valentine’s Week

Roses? A mop? This Valentine’s Day, it was all in the thought.

February 15, 2017

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Green Acre #41: Fear of . . . Pruning

To trim or not to trim. Our resident city gardener picks up her shears.

February 8, 2017

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Green Acre: #40: Ice Cubes and Basters

HOW GRAND the sago palm looks, perched on a pedestal on the mahogany chest in the front hall. Just before Christmas, fearing a cold snap that had yet to materialize, My Prince hauled the weighty planter in from the front porch and patiently moved it here and there while I waved him to and fro until it came to rest, reflected in the mahogany-framed mirror that […]

February 1, 2017

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Green Acre #39: Introducing the Calamondin

With a fragrance like this, who needs perfume?

January 25, 2017

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Green Acre #38: The Tropic of Capitol Hill

A solarium takes nothing more than a few windows and a handy Prince.

January 18, 2017

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Green Acre #37: Color Her Cool

The Cavanaugh manse embraces a more soulful variant on the Color of the Year,

January 11, 2017

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Green Acre #36: Winter in the Greenhouse

Lemon aid of the city gardening sort.

January 4, 2017

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Green Acre #35: Into the Weed With Mama

When Stephanie’s mom grew grass on the 18th floor.

December 29, 2016

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Green Acre #34: One Potato, Two Potato

Chanukah, the Festival of . . . Light Latkes.

December 21, 2016

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Green Acre #33: Holiday Dreckorating*

A cheap chick’s guide to over-the-top seasonal decor.

December 14, 2016

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Green Acre #32: Deck the Window Boxes!

It’s time to talk of cabbages and glitz.

December 7, 2016

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Green Acre #31: Dog Walkers, Ugh!

In the battle of the curbside garden, it’s Plants 0, Dogs, oh, about 1,000.

November 30, 2016

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Green Acre #30: Sundays, Pretzels and . . . Philodendrons

It’s a plant anyone can grow, and, yes, it has its uses.

November 16, 2016

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Green Acre #29: Fall’s Precious Days

The garden moves indoors: a depressing little ditty.

November 9, 2016

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invasive vines

Green Acre #28: Who’s Being Invasive Here?

Lovely vines compete with ugly parking signs on Capitol Hill.

November 2, 2016

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