On our acre property, you can make the most of every season!
Whether you're basking in the Summer sun or assembling some early-Autumn s’mores, we offer a private and idyllic setting for backyard adventures with your friends and family.
Rachel Carson once said “those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” After a long day, the garden is a perfect haven to spend some time relaxing and recuperating.
sPRING blossoms
"The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also." ~ Harriet Ann Jacobs
Our royal damson-hued Gladiator Allium putting on quite a springtime display!
Lacey-white Magnolias
The hardy lion-maned Daffodil
The blossoms are shedding their leaf-like winter jackets
Plantain Lilies and Painted Giboshi hiding behind the rustic wooden fence
Getting ready to tackle some serious gardening duties
the busy sUMMER season
"Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you." ~ Langston Hughes
The salvaged running-pump fountain is tucked into a hill of silver-green Hosta
Shy Amethyst Lilies
Our raised-bed garden's weekly harvest
Koi darting across the pond
First crop of peas are ready!
The greenhouse in summer-mode
aUTUMN harvest
"Autumn is a second spring, when every leaf is alight with color like a flower." ~ Albert Camus
These woods are lovely, dark and deep--and the frost is setting in slowly.
Ready for the fire-pit and ghost stories!
Coriander on the stalk ready to be collected and threshed
Kaleidoscope of color
Last harvest of the season--beets galore!
...and they're huge!
Mr. Chipmunk left a perfectly-positioned gift.
YUM!
Coriander ready for some spice-cookies!
Lion's Tooth Dandelion
wINTER wonderland
"...and in a snow squall!" ~ Jonathan Stadel
Snow piling up on the Queen Anne's Lace
Our backyard friend retrieving his hidden cache
Morning chill starting to warm up in the sunlight creeping out from behind the barn
'tis the season... for something warm!
Not holly, but still jolly
Brr...