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The rosemary on the terrace thinks it is spring, and is in full bloom. Tomorrow the remnants of Hurricane Ian will rain down on it, but I...

In Brooklyn we are breezing into fall. It seems sudden, but how can it be? Days pass, nights cool, mornings feel fragile. The September blue...

September in Brooklyn.  Small, wind-dropped pawpaws ( Asimina triloba ). Ragweed flower heads drying (for crackers). Sunflowers from the loc...

For two days in a row our small terrace has been visited by the tiniest of birds, making the mightiest of journeys.  You hope, when you plan...

This is a magnificent sight. Clusters of big pawpaws (the fruit of Asimina triloba ), ripening in Brooklyn, just a few blocks from where we ...

March. April. August. Action! My story about the beautiful fruit we call cornelian cherry is up at Gardenista . And you know there's a r...

In early September the western side of the terrace is backlit by clear, late-afternoon sunlight. It catches each bristle on the seed capsule...