Green Acre

Green Acre: Drying Out in DC

Drying blossoms allows the garden to live on. (And a new store helps.)

November 20, 2024

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Green Acre: Last-Minute Miracle

If you act now, there are mini trees and color-drenched cyclamen to be had.

November 13, 2024

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Green Acre: Window Boxes in a Funk

The holidays will bring glitter and cheer. Meanwhile, we settle.

November 6, 2024

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Green Acre: Planting Bulbs

Uh, not so fast.

October 30, 2024

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Green Acre: The Sad Season

. . . and some unfortunate (or not) parakeet news.

October 16, 2024

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Green Acre: Spring Bulbs and . . . Budgies

One baby parakeet was amazing. Now there are THREE MORE EGGS!

October 9, 2024

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Green Acre: Fern-tastic Solution

No sun? These evergreen shade-lovers are a classic solution.

September 25, 2024

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Green Acre: Spotlight on . . . Light

Petite cordless table lamps are great for the garden, and the dinner table.

September 18, 2024

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Green Acre: Mums, Pansies, and the Baby Bird

Fall mums may be a waste, but baby budgie Kam is a growing treat.

September 11, 2024

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Green Acre: Elephant Ears and Budgie Feathers

The Green Acre household is quite the menagerie these days.

September 4, 2024

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Green Acre: Bulbsapoppin’

Buy next spring’s bulbs now. Plus: Kami the parakeet continues to grow!

August 29, 2024

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Green Acre: Birth of a Budgie

She (or he) was born in a coconut shell, so of course we named her Kamala!

August 21, 2024

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Green Acre: Wisteria Fantasy . . .

. . . meets bare but overgrown reality.

August 14, 2024

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Green Acre: How Green Was My Fridge

Think of this as a very cold version of landscaping.

August 7, 2024

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Green Acre: Introducing the Prince

Pity the contractor’s wife who wants things fixed.

July 31, 2024

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Green Acre: In the Beginning . . .

. . . there was dirt and concrete. But that was 30-odd years ago.

July 24, 2024

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Green Acre: Message From Cold Country

San Francisco is having a heat wave too: It’s 60 degrees out!

July 17, 2024

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Green Acre: Shangri-La on the Potomac

A Capitol Hill garden designed to beat the heat.

July 10, 2024

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