Saturday, June 23

Flower of the Week is "Poppy"


The earthy is rocky and full of roots; it's clay, and it seems
 doomed and polluted, but you dig
little holes for the ugly shrived bulbs, throw in a handful of poppy seeds,
and cover it all over, and you know you'll never see it again-it's death and
clay and shrivel, and your hands are nicked from the rocks, your nails black with soil.

Anne Lamott

Crane Estate Garden Tour: Historic Landscapes and Movie Magic Part 1~ by Caroline

Crane Estate in Ipswich, MA is one of those destinations that should be on every gardener's bucket list. I took an early June tour of th...