Judith’s Garden
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Judith’s Garden: Spring cleaning
For me the mention of “spring cleaning” awakens early memories of my childhood in England where it was considered an essential ritual to both clean one’s house and…
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Judith’s Garden: The promise of spring
Spring comes slowly in Vermont and it always seems a tad fickle. Just this morning, as I write this during the last week of March, I once again…
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Judith’s garden: It’s time for spring pruning
Right now I have my usual case of cabin fever, which hits most of us at this time of year. Even with a healthy dose of winter snowshoeing,…
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Judith’s Garden: The winter garden is a sleeping beauty
GOSHEN — Feb. 2 — Groundhog Day — has come and gone, meaning that we have passed the halfway point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox.…
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Judith’s Garden: Welcoming birds & butterflies
We all love the flowers we grow in our gardens — an ever-changing palette from spring to fall — and by contrast, the stark beauty of winter. But…
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Judith’s Garden: Beauty beneath the trees
It is a delightful mid-August afternoon as I sit in our gazebo encircled by my garden. Unsurprisingly, as I glance around, my eye is initially drawn to the…
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Judith’s Garden: High summer in the garden
This Sunday, Aug. 4, from 1-4 p.m., Judith and Dick will open their garden at 423 Goshen Ripton Road in Goshen to interested readers (weather permitting). If you…
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Judith’s Garden: Garden jewels of Mount Desert Island
Every summer crowds of visitors flock to Maine’s Mount Desert Island to hike the beautiful windswept hills of Acadia National Park and enjoy the bustling seaside town of Bar Harbor. But few are aware…
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Judith’s Garden: Pleasures in the winter garden
GOSHEN — Winter is the season of short days and dark nights when, even at midday, the sun gives little warmth as it rides low in the sky.…