Slice of Exurbia

Throughout the Hudson Valley there are remnants of old stone walls that once marked boundaries of fields and property lines.  The stone...

You know it is summer when you see the orange daylilies by the side of the road, by a mailbox, behind old stone walls or on the lak...

In these politically charged pre-primary days it is great when we can find some common ground. Sunday marks the 31st anniversary of Na...

Three summers ago, we inherited an old farm pond and learned quickly about the need for maintaining the pond to prevent overgrowth of alg...

Fire Truck Parades Mark the Start of Summer!   Did you know the parade is a competition? As June ends and July rolls in it's tim...

This spring on a garden tour in Charleston, SC with local expert and author, Louisa Pringle Cameron ( The Secret Gardens of Charlesto...

As a transplanted New Englander, perhaps my views on welcoming a new neighbor are colloquially skewed.  My mother always baked a coffee ca...