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Blithewold is R.I.ght here! Like many other tycoons and coal barons in the late 19th century, the Van Wickles decided Rhode Island, a southern facing scoop of shore between Connecticut and Cape Cod, was where to "summer". The insanely wealthy ...

Gail and I were joined last week by an adorably snarky representative from Generation Y who maybe just might definitely be a gardener. Lila is a senior at Barrington High School. Her parents have a vegetable garden that keeps the family out of ...

I guess I was a little distracted on Bloom Day this month because I missed these little sweetums blooming (outdoors!) practically right under my nose. Walking from the greenhouse to the house I pass this little clump of heathers (or are they ...

Seed catalog shopping is a dangerous business. Even for us. Even with a greenhouse for early spring sowing and 5 good sized gardens to fill we have to be careful to not buy more than we can realistically find space for. And like most home ...

We planted a lot of cardoons this year. A lot. And now that the season is done, Julie (who doesn't love giant horsey things in the garden - especially when they're everywhere flopping big leaves on delicate things - but who generously let us ...

I have this unreasonable - not dread exactly - worry maybe about the approach of winter. I have to keep reminding myself that there are still colors in the winter. I will find them... I know I will! But I keep thinking "the monochrome is coming ...

Fall garden clean-up is the subject of the week all over the world wide interweb! A conversation was started at Bliss over the merits of putting off the major clean-up until spring. Wildlife certainly benefits from a garden full of winter snack ...

An Australian priest living in New Bedford, MA sent Blithewold's executive director a poem and she encouraged me to share it. Fr. Sharbel said he was inspired to write this (as yet untitled) poem titled "Deight" after walking around Blithewold ...

  Can everyday be Action Day? There are bandwagons all over the place that I want to jump on. Here is a post about the three R's (reduce, reuse, recycle) that reminded me to rave that Fred and Dan, Blithewold's groundsmen are expert at ...

  Blog Action Day and Garden Blogger's Bloom Day are two for one subjects for my post today. Read on for Action and click on for bigger images and names of what's in bloom (I don't think the subjects are unrelated!) Nearly 16,000 voices ...