This wasn’t your typical cool sunny fall day of apple picking. It got up into the upper 80’s (!) a few weeks ago and I had to dig my sandals out of storage. But we were on the hunt to pick our own honeycrisp apples, and for the third year in a row – we just […]
Rhode Island
Beehive Tour at Prescott Farm
Last weekend I attended a Beehive Tour and Honey Tasting at Prescott Farm in Middletown, RI. It was a hot Indian summer day but Jeff Mello of Aquidneck Honey was enthusiastic and animated in his heavy bee suit as he discussed the life history of honeybees. Aquidneck Honey cares for hives all over Aquidneck Island and […]
The Gardens of Blithewold
Blithewold is a historic 33-acre summer estate overlooking Narragansett Bay in Bristol, RI. The mission of the nonprofit organization that maintains the property is to “preserve New England’s finest garden estate through excellence in horticulture and historic preservation, and by our example to teach and inspire others.” I’ve been to Blithewold before, once for the […]