Gardening Rx
I stopped by Bowood Farms recently to get some guidance from Horticulture Manager Ellen Barredo on how to perk up the garden after this brutally hot, dry summer. In spite of the existence of our "do-it-yourself" watering system, some of the plantings really took it on the chin. I had been clipping burnt leaves off…
A 90th birthday celebration
As this unbearably hot, dry summer comes to a close, I wanted to share one of my favorite moments from earlier in the season, my mother’s 90th birthday. Jean Heiss Donegan, above, was born on June 6, 1922, which she notes is “D-Day.” Whether that’s simply a reminder that she was born on a day…