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‘Old House’ host in Bristol

By   /  February 7, 2013  /  Arts & Entertainment  /  No Comments

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Kevin O’Connor, host of the “This Old House” and “Ask This Old House” television programs, will give a sneak peak of the current season at Blithewold Mansion next week. Mr. O’Connor will give an inside look at behind-the-scene stories and photographs as well as answer all your home improvement questions. He’ll also share stories and [...]

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Gardeners have serious dreaming to do before spring

By   /  January 18, 2013  /  Columns  /  No Comments

Gardens Illustrated, a British publication, is sure to give gardeners inspiration for the spring.

I know it’s too soon to be wishing for spring but when our first snowfall parked on my garden like a Mack truck and flattened everything standing, I suddenly lost patience with winter. Most of the seedheads that might have poked prettily out of the snow topped with hungry birds, crashed to the ground. Others [...]

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Still time to plant those ticking time bombs of hope

By   /  November 13, 2012  /  Columns  /  No Comments

Tulipa clusiana ‘Lady Jane’ bulbs look like little brown bombs until they go off in early May with narrow blue-green leaves and delicate pink-flared petals.

Now that we’ve had a killing frost, not to mention a super storm and slushy nor’easter, the garden is finally shutting itself down, and my days of feeling guilty for not accomplishing as much as I’d wish I had are coming to an end. Whatever didn’t get divided and transplanted might just wait for spring [...]

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