Comments on: Yesterday in my garden

By: Diane Cousin

Diane Cousin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:23:31 +0000

Yes in answer to your question (has your yard ever been destroyed??)........bunnies....lotsa lotsa bunnies! and small children with plastic swords taking a whack at all the newly budded flower tops.......pest control police please!

By: Judy Lundsten

Judy Lundsten — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:08:32 +0000

I have a Lily with 21 blossoms is this unualy, I can sent a picture.

Thanks Judy ^j^

By: Megan

Megan — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:40:15 +0000

Martha your garden is spectacular! It is a great year for your poppies!

By: Daniela

Daniela — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:20:22 +0000

wow! gorgeous! you have so much talent. The peonies are divine thank you for this!

By: Laura Savatski

Laura Savatski — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:59:53 +0000

Hi Martha,

Your split rail fence looks marvelously authentic. It reminds me of the scene from the movie "Cold Mountain". Renee Zellwegger and Nicole Kidman's characters fix the fence by sliding new rails into the post slots as one of the chores to prepare their southern farm for animal stock.

Can you tell us how a proper split rail fence is constructed and perhaps about the different styling points?

Kind regards from rainy Wisconsin,
Laura Savatski

P.S. My peonies here are still in tight bud. Yours look heavenly. Looking forward to that sweet fragrance to linger. I have a 1844 farmhouse with several varieties I inherited. Don't know the names but would love to send you a root from my favorite. It's a very tall, large flowered, upright, magenta colored peony with vibrant yellow open center. If you can accept one in the mail, please send the proper address.

By: Ashjoy

Ashjoy — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:22:47 +0000

OMGosh, they are so lucky. You can come and see my garden, but unfortunately you won't need a map. LOL I did see a bulb popping up yesterday!

By: Bernadette

Bernadette — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:39:18 +0000

Dear Martha,

Will you ever or have you considered opening up your gardens to the Bedford garden club tours? Maybe you have already. Would love to see your gardens - your horses and the donkeys!

Your peonies are gorgeous and the clematis are amazing! How did you get them to bloom now- my mother's are not in bloom yet- i give it another week...Thank you for sharing.

Kind regards,

Bernadette Durham
NYC/Bedford

By: Sophie

Sophie — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:46:58 +0000

I love these peeks into life chez Stewart - it's like country life cranked up several notches. Not just two orchids but twenty, not just ten peonies but a hundred. I'm glad that someone living on such a lavish scale is documenting it like this for us.

By: Jan Erickson

Jan Erickson — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:53:08 +0000

Hi Martha, Wow, another fabulous tour of your absolutely stunning garden and farm! Like many of your tourists, I love everything on your farm, including the animals and your staff. Suzie Ercole sure does resemble you; what a cutie! The plantings in your Kenneth Lynch pots sure did turn out spectacularly. I'm so glad you have this farm. I did love seeing photos of Turkey Hill, but your Bedford Farm is as good as that and many times better. I just love everything you have done to your farm and you have turned it into such a fantastic show place. Thanks again for sharing. Jan

By: rob barrett

rob barrett — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:32:40 +0000

Beautiful. You are such a inspiration. Thanks for all the tips.