Cherry Blossoms during peak at Wooster Square in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Spring Daffodils
Daffodils at Hubbard Park in Meriden, Connecticut
A Martha’s Vineyard summer gingerbread cottage provides a window to the island’s storied past.
On Martha’s Vineyard, an iconic Oak Bluffs gingerbread cottage gets a much-needed facelift that honors its historic soul.
Welcome to the May 2016 edition of Jud’s New England Journal, the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, the Editor-in-Chief of Yankee Magazine, published in Dublin, New Hampshire since 1935. Here in New England, a favorite sign of spring is the sound of peepers (little frogs), pronounced “peepehs” even by those who usually pronounce […]
House care answers from the largest heritage organization in the country. What is the best way to clean unpainted interior woodwork? -Susan L., Burlington, VT Unpainted interior woodwork can be cleaned by using a slightly damp, lint-free cloth (cloth diapers work well) with a mild solution of soap and water. (Murphy’s Oil soap is recommended.) […]
Gardens
The Crazy Orchid Lady
A visit to New England’s most unlikely garden Shelburne Falls, like many of Massachusetts’ hill towns, has a starkness about it in early spring. The surrounding hills may still carry a dusting of snow, the trees have yet to leaf out, and the town’s famed Bridge of Flowers lies dormant. But this artsy former mill […]
Hanging moss ball planters are derived from a centuries old Japanese art called kokedama, in which a living planter is fashioned out of moss. Typically suspended from string and used as hanging planters, they can also be attached to driftwood or other natural findings. These simple, elegant, statement-piece planters are easy and fun to make and […]
Wondering when to split wood for next winter? We turn to the Yankee archives for the answer when it comes to the best time to cut firewood. There is evidence that the moisture content of some species of trees increases considerably at leaf openings in April and May, so wood cut in March is drier […]
A flock of sheep. A pasture. And a relationship that goes back thousands of years.
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Build an Outdoor Shower
A Block Island couple gives the post-beach rinse an elegant twist with this outdoor shower. PROJECT: BUILD AN OUTDOOR SHOWER Guests who get a chance to use the outdoor shower at the Block Island home of Larry Breakstone and his wife, Karen Levey, come away impressed. And for good reason: For starters, it’s got hot […]
Tovah Martin, author of more than a dozen gardening books, including The New Terrarium (Clarkson Potter, 2009) and Tasha Tudor’s Garden (Houghton Mifflin, 1994), cruises the countryside on periodic reconnaissance missions, finding ingredients to stuff into her already jam-packed outdoor and indoor plantings. Here she divulges the names of the venues she raids on an […]