Green Acre

Green Acre Lucky #13: From Trash to Treasure

$1,385 for a planter? How about $0?

July 20, 2016

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Green Acre #12: Going Postal

To the barricades! One woman tries to protect her turf.

July 13, 2016

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Green Acre #11: Have a Finger? Grow a Plant!

Your garden doesn’t have to rely on a nursery.

July 6, 2016

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Green Acre #10: The Virtues of Faking It

Sometimes a girl just has to go to Michael’s.

June 29, 2016

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Green Acre #9: The Flowers Weave In and Out

What with all the near-death experiences, it takes a while to get to the part about the tulips.

June 22, 2016

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Green Acre #8: An Ode to Urns

Buckling knees aside, a cast-iron urn is an awesome thing.

June 15, 2016

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Green Acre #7: The Aging Beauty of Allium

Flowers, just like people, can show beauty and character in decline.

June 8, 2016

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Green Acre, #6, Indoor Division : The Prince

How to build a conservatory? Ask your husband not to make one!

June 1, 2016

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Green Acre #5: Mr. Mosquito Rid

The case of the missing chandelier nest.

May 25, 2016

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Green Acre #4: Wisteria Hysteria

The gardener plans. The plants have ideas of their own.

May 18, 2016

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Green Acre #3: Irresistible Invasives

Time to hack the honeysuckle, shear off the white flower vine, wound the wisteria.

May 11, 2016

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Green Acre #2: Cherry Blossom Time

Gardener Cavanaugh learns to loathe apricots and to quail before a robust cherry tree.

May 4, 2016

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Green Acre #1: In the Beginning, There Was Dirt . . .

. . . and a stick. Here’s Stephanie Cavanaugh’s landscaping log.

April 27, 2016

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