See what this "grows" into... Do you have small children that you need to entertain while finishing up holiday meal preparations?  Choose an adult who,...

“The small man kept asking to see my hands.  Every time a new person walked by his work place, he made me show them my hands.  They had never seen a white man...

According to Irish lore, Stingy Jack was a trickster so talented that he even fooled the devil. When the devil came to claim Jack’s soul, Jack asked the devil...

Perfect perches. We love to make something new out of something old. So we were thrilled when Josh’s mom gave us a gift of a cookie platter she had made out of...

When we are planning a dinner or a party, we tend to focus more on the food than the décor.  Not that we don’t want things to be pretty (heavens no!), but we...

What is it? See the finished piece below Flowers are lovely, but as you all know, we like to give vegetables their propers.  To get you inspired for this month’s...

Suzy Bales August Contest: The Best Ideas for Giving Gifts from The Garden Celebrity Garden Judge: Suzy Bales Prize: Signed copies of Suzy’s last three books! August...

We are outdoor people, and our regular readers will know that in the summer, virtually the ONLY thing you can get us to talk about is what’s going on in the...

Something old, Something new When Mary Beekman was a little girl, she and her mother, Joanna, would sit on the front lawn of the Beekman on sunny summer afternoons...

. When we first set foot in the Beekman, one of the first things that took our breath away was the hand-printed wallpaper that adorns the walls.   The prior owners...