Comments on: Taking refuge in my greenhouse, come join me!

By: Kim Cousins 49 Lakeland, Florida

Kim Cousins 49 Lakeland, Florida — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:12:06 +0000

Re: the Greenhouse!!......is there anything you can't do? I have the cactus thing down pretty good as I live in florida...but I can't get the hang of Orchids....any advise? I just think you're the greatest thing since peanut butter!!

By: Julia Vosler

Julia Vosler — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:09:36 +0000

I feel so fortunate to be expanding my faux and decorative painting business to the Katonah area where I will be adding a studio in my newly acquired home that was built in 1800. It would give me great pleasure to show you the artisic work that my staff and I have been doing in the area (from replicating 200-year-old wallpaper by hand to creating walls that mimic old Venetian textures and more). Contact me and I will make you a wonderful cup of tea.

By: Lori Phillipi

Lori Phillipi — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:56:52 +0000

Love your cooking school and craft books. Are you considering a book of all of your "Good Things"? I save many of them and would love to have them all in one book.

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:56:52 +0000

I love your show but please have mercy on the viewers from the upper midwest when commenting on planting etc----it is still very cold here and below freezing each night---not everyone can "get out in the garden".

By: Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:56:17 +0000

Hi Sylvie - No, not in Maine but in Bedford.

By: Sylvie

Sylvie — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:46:17 +0000

Did you say that you have 65,000 Daffodil bulbs at your property in Maine?! "Is that 65,000 bulbs in your garden or are you just happy to see me?" Hee.

You may find this anecdote as precious as I do. We were looking at a rental home in the Santa Cruz area yesterday. The owner, a sweet older woman, was moving out and had lovingly nurtured the grounds for decades. As we were touring the gardens my 9 year-old son Marcel said to her, "Your garden reminds me of Martha Stewart's." Such a point of reference for a young boy

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:44:41 +0000

WOW! I am especially interested in the Night=blooming Cereus! I have several of them on my lanai but have never seen one so golden. All of mine are bright white with pink centers and golden pistils with pollen. Several years ago I harvested some seeds from a dragon fruit (smaller that a kiwi or parsley seed, so tiny!) and planted them. I got about 50 plants and shared them with all of my gardening friends but now have three which are about 4-6". I'm sure it will be a few more years before those flower, but I expect the big ones around the place to flower by May.

By: Penny

Penny — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:09:36 +0000

Hi Martha,
I have lots of pink & yellow cereus cactus outside in So. Calif outside, near the beach. If I find "the spot" for each plant, they do well. One spot is a northern exposure under an awning. Go figure. Another faces southwest behind an enormous bird of paradise bush. The cereus settle in and seem to thrive if left undisturbed in their spot. Their blooms are gorgeous. The pink colors of the cereus are as delicate as the best pink dress a gal ever dreamed of. I am a serious cereus fan.

By: Holly

Holly — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:47:11 +0000

Having just hauled all of my 'kitchen garden' containers of tomatoes, peppers, strawberries & herbs out of the garage and back onto the terrace after last night's threat of frost, I envy you your greenhouse! Fabulous invention, that.

By: Cindy Bricker

Cindy Bricker — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:16:11 +0000

Martha, ANY pictures you send our way always brighten my day, especially those that are plant/nature/animal-related! (This is nothing new, but) the magnitude of your greenhouses! - OMGoodness! The professional operations that go on there (being right there at your very home!) are phenomenal - full-service except they're for personal use. It's pretty neat (and fulfilling!) to grow and provide your own overall landscaping and food for your table! Some of my favorites were the scented geraniums. To me, their flowers aren't all that great (compared to the larger-blooming garden geranium). Their scented leaves, tho'...THEY'RE what call my name! The up-close begonia blossoms were outstanding, as well as all the numerous orchids and lady slippers. My absolute favorite was the orange clivia! I l-o-v-e orange, and in the garden, not many things bloom the color of orange - maybe some daylilies or 'bulb' lilies (Asiatics/Orientals), a certain rose or canna lily variety perhaps...not much else, though, produces the vivid true orange as clivias. It's STILL cool here in Maryland, but we did receive muchly-needed rainfall last week. As a result, manymany trees blossomed over the weekend. I'm noticing both saucer and star magnolias in all their glory, along with Bradford pears, leafed-out lilacs, and an open 'blossom' or two on my backyard maple tree. Based on these sightings, I'm confident now that the cherry blossoms are in full-force in nearby (Washington) DC. When things finally warm up - well, look out! Talk about 'glory'! It will be fantastic (except for pollen counts, maybe...) (A-chooo!) =^..^= "When gardening, I have one gift you won't find in the manuals ~ I know it's strange, but I can change perennials to annuals."--Dick Emmons