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All good things must come to an end? That's definitely not my kind of philosophy but it was a little bit true in the Display Garden today. The mansion is closed for the season and it's time for us to start working on next year's gardens: ...

I can't imagine being the kind of person who already knows it all. I spend almost every moment trying to catch up - if I'm not finding something new to know, I'm quizzing myself on what I thought I knew and being schooled again on what I've ...

  At the end of August I swivelled around the garden trying madly to take pictures of all the dozens of hummingbirds. Two weeks later it's the monarchs distracting me from my work. They're like a pure fall color concentrate or tiny drunk ...

Ornamental grasses are coming into their own just now and it's time to sing some praises (and maybe one dirge). There are reviews here and here with links to more and more about all kinds of grasses in all kinds of places so I'm setting a self ...

1. 'Autumn Minaret' day lily is blooming. 2. School started in Bristol this week. On my way to work I passed a kid who was waiting for the bus wearing a scowl that could send us all to the cornfields. 3. It's time to start taking cuttings. This ...

Visitors have been asking about a very late blooming, very tall, very floriferous daylily blooming just now in the North Garden. It was purchased probably 20 or so years ago from Tranquil Lake Nursery in Rehobeth, MA and we think it's either ...

Rather than entertain the pants off/bore you to tears with stories about how I spent my summer vacation, I think it would be better to show you how Blithewold spent my summer vacation! It feels like I've been gone an age. The greenhouse computer ...

This week, one of the Rockettes (Wednesday volunteers) said to me, "Kris, I finally read your blog ... --You're so chatty!" I blushed and couldn't think of a coherent reply... To prove to any readers who might assume from my "chattiness" that ...

It's important sometimes to go someplace else when unpleasant things are happening. Yesterday I was in the dentist's chair and while my dentist leaned on my lower lip and reached fists and sharp things into my mouth parts, I did my darnedest to go ...

I'm a day late for the Garden Blogger's Bloom Day party! If you feel like a little web crawling, click on the link above to see what's blooming (as of yesterday) all over the country and even out into the wide world. It's amazing to see the summer ...