Latest by JESSICA DAMIANO

Published on May 9, 2024 - Page 12
There's nothing quite like receiving a fresh bouquet of cut flowers. They can cheer up a room, bring a bit of nature indoors and if you're lucky,...
Published on May 7, 2024 - Page 8
When I was a kid, I used to help my mother clear leaves the old-fashioned way -- with a rake. These days, I don't see many rakes in my neighborhood....
Published on May 4, 2024 - Page 8
I planted my first peach tree last June, five months before Pantone named Peach Fuzz the 2024 color of the year. How serendipitous! Familiarize...
Published on April 20, 2024 - Page 17
I recently started my seeds -- tomatoes, cucuzza squash, climbing zucchini, golden beets, Florida cranberries, nasturtiums, zinnias, edelweiss,...
Published on April 15, 2024 - Page 16
As trees, shrubs, perennials and insects enter a new phase of life in our gardens, we, too, emerge from a type of dormancy in spring, a pause from...
Published on April 13, 2024 - Page 16
If you recently celebrated Easter, you might be reading this beside a cellophane- or foil-covered pot of lilies, hydrangeas, hyacinths or daffodils....
Published on March 26, 2024 - Page 7
It's a special kind of joy only a gardener could understand. I always get an extra spring in my step when nurseries begin stocking the year's new...
Published on March 14, 2024 - Page 14
St. Patrick is believed to have used a three-leaf clover to explain the complexity of the Trinity to nonbelievers in 5th century Ireland. Ever since...
Published on March 12, 2024 - Page 16
Women have long been at the forefront of gardening, whether passing agricultural traditions from generation to generation, organizing garden clubs...
Published on February 13, 2024 - Page 7
I've had just about enough of winter and am itching to get my hands dirty. I can't do that yet in my New York garden. But I have been distracting...