After mid nineteenth century many Americans began moving into cities and leaving behind the farm. At the same time an emerging middle class had leisure to cultivate a flower garden. Where to find flower seeds? The flower choices, however, were…
The last couple of weeks have provided me with all sorts of feelings. We are selling our New England house after thirty-three years. The land around our house, three quarers of an acre, has been my garden and has taught…
Service Credit Union built its new corporate office on Lafayette Road in Portsmouth, NH in 2012. The building received the gold LEED award as a leader in energy and environmental design for the four-story structure. It uses ninety-eight percent less…
Today I saw trays of spring flowers outside the supermarket. Though I loved seeing them as a sign of spring, they also reminded me of my current dilemma. I have been trapped in our condominium for six weeks now, due…
I just finished a wonderful book about American gardening, Everything for the Garden. Historic New England published it. The organization, whose name before was the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, maintains dozens of historic properties in New…