Choptank River Lighthouse in Cambridge
(Editor’s note: DeeDee Wood is the owner of Black Cat Curiosities, an online antiques research and sales venue. This installment completes a three-part “Eastern Shore Antiques Road Trip” series.) Nancy Johnson, president of the Cambridge Lighthouse Foundation, smiles...
Filling holiday void from family loss
Every year when the calendar turns to November and the countdown to the holidays begins, I seem to enter a particular season of thankfulness. From the time the leaves begin to change color, I enter what I affectionately call “Hallowthankmas” season, and it has always...
Plant your bulbs, watch out for the Spotted Lanternfly
This month we’re focusing on how to perfectly plant bulbs and helping you understand more about the invasive Spotted Lanternfly. It’s also the season of giving thanks, so we’d like to take a moment to thank all customers of Robin’s Nest Floral & Garden Center....
‘Kashmir’ Deodara Cedar a survivor
“Kashmir” Deodara Cedar is a beautiful and graceful evergreen tree that will survive our Eastern Shore winters, but more importantly, it will also survive our hot and humid summers. The “Kashmir” Cedar grows in a pyramidal shape with elegant arching branches that are...
Lentil & Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie (and others)
Deck the hall with greenery
New perennial plants unveiled at meeting
When you gather a bunch of horticultural professionals together the talk naturally turns to plants — old favorites, new introductions, past failures, and hard-to-find specimens. For the plant-obsessed, gathering with fellow plant-nerds is the next best thing to being...
Del Sordo a dollhouse, mini devotee
Jean Smythe Del Sordo, longtime director of the Dorchester County Public Library, began her love affair with dollhouses as a youngster as actual child’s play, courtesy of her mom’s gift of a Renwall tiny home with mini plastic furnishings, as well as Barbie. But it...
A Coneflower Cornucopia
Whether they’re called Echinacea purpurea or coneflower, these stalwart native perennials stand the test of time as iconic favorites, unfailingly handsome, hardy and garden friendly. Generally recognized for their purple or pink petals and seedhead centers, the...
Rustic, romantic Cow Barn stands out as Ridgely’s hidden gem
If Albert and Odella Saulsbury could only see the new life that has been given to the cow barn they had constructed in 1911, Zelie and Marty Collison like to think they would be delighted and proud. The Collisons purchased the historic property in 2018, and have...
