Wandering in Emily Dickinson's gardens with The New York Times
In this week's Holiday Books section of The New York Times Book Review, Dominque Browning had this to say about Emily Dickinson's...
When to work in the garden
From “My Garden” by Anna Lea Merritt The Century Magazine, Volume LXII, No. 3, July 1901, p. 349. Available on Google Books. Sunday. You...
Ground Cherry Preserves for Ma Ingalls
3 cups of prepared ground cherries (husks removed, washed) 1 cup sugar zest and juice of 1 lemon 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger (not...
Louisa May Alcott's Flower Fairies
Well before Little Women (1868-69), Louisa May Alcott wrote a book of stories about flower fairies that she had first told to Ralph Waldo...
Shangri-La
Doris Duke drew inspiration from the Islamic water gardens, palaces, and tombs of the Mughal empire, first seen on her honeymoon in 1935....
