My Farm in Mid May
A serious survey for my blog readers – Many of you have been complaining that you cannot see the blog photos or that you receive an error 404 message. We have been trying to figure out the problem and I apologize for the inconvenience. If you have been experiencing these viewing issues, please leave another comment today saying so. We would love to get an idea about how many of you there are.
It’s been a while since we toured the farm together. After some freakishly hot weather in early spring, followed by a frightfully dry spell, it seems that we have returned to what we are used to calling a normal spring. The temperatures have been much cooler and we’ve received plenty of very welcome spring showers. The farm crew has been very busy with planting, weeding, mowing, and clearing. Yes, we are still clearing the woods from the very damaging snowfall of last October! Please enjoy this tour!
1 With very hot and dry weather, spring came quite early in the northeast. Just when so many things, such as azaleas and tree peonies were in full bloom, the temperatures dropped and we received much needed rain. Those blooms didn't last long.
2 This is a grove of Paulownia tomentosa, a tree native to central and western China. The flowers are produced before the leaves in early spring.
3 The long tubular flowers resemble a foxglove flower, which is why some people call the Paulownia the Foxglove tree. The tree was actually named in honor of the Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia.
4 A view of the Paulownia grove through the linden allee - The linden foliage was very heavy with moisture.
5 The pair of Black Welsh Mountain Sheep have gone to live on another farm that raises sheep for wool and I'm told they are very happy. The miniature donkeys, Clive, Rufus, and Billy, who is on the other side, now graze in the former sheep paddock.
6 This view is from the stable looking up towards my house. These pink flowering trees are red horse chestnut (Aseculus x carnea ‘Briotti’) and are planted at the stable end of the long undulating boxwood allee.
7 The rather exotic-looking flowers form large and colorful clusters. The red horse chestnut is a hybrid between the Red Buckeye (A. pavia) and the Common Horse Chestnut (A. hippocastanum).
8 A view of my house over a freshly mowed paddock - The long building houses a flower arranging room, a car port, and my blog studio.
9 A view back towards the stable from the opposite end of the boxwood allee
10 This magnificent weeping red beech is planted at this end of the boxwood allee.
11 The perennial bed adjacent to the vegetable garden is looking resplendent with bearded iris and allium blooms.
12 This variegated bearded iris looks like someone drew on the petals with pen and ink.
13 The border of lady's mantle border has grown quite thick and I just love how its leaves collect water like drops of mercury.
14 Spectacular hosta and ostrich ferns
15 A really fragrant standard wisteria at the end of the long pergola
16 This part of the pergola has clean straight lines.
17 And this part curves with the drive.
18 Each post of the pergola is planted with clematis in varying shades of purple. This one is nearly white.
19 And this one, a rich lavender shade
20 I like to arrange single clematis flowers in small glasses. They are so pretty down the center of a dining table or on a shelf in a powder room.
21 Another great view of my house - this time with another undulating boxwood hedge.
22 The herbaceous peony garden is inside that hedge. There are 11 double rows of peonies with each row containing 44 of the same variety of plant. They are just beginning to open up.
23 The floppy peony heads are held erect with a web-like system of string and metal supports.
24 So beautiful and so, so fragrant!
25 Another amazing shade garden!
26 I admit to being a tree lover and a reforester. These are newly purchased red beech being positioned for planting on the side of this paddock.
27 The new red beech form a line with this more mature specimen. They'll have some catching up to do.
28 It gets pretty windy at the farm and it's important to support all newly trees.
29 Two wooden stakes have been pounded into the ground. A wire from each stake is wrapped around the tree trunk to hold it in place. Rubber tubing cushions and protects the tree from the hardness of the wire.
30 In the vegetable garden, the asparagus patch has been especially prolific this year. We've been picking steadily for a good three weeks and I'm not tired of eating asparagus yet! It's so much more tender and delicious than supermarket variety.
31 I grow a few different varieties of asparagus. Purple asparagus has a pleasantly sweet nutty flavor that is reminiscent of artichoke.
32 One day's crop - amazing!
33 Several different varieties of peas, both edible pod and shelling, are planted along the fence. A time-lapse camera sits in the little house recording the growth of the pea plants.
34 This corner of the garden has been planted with broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbages all grown from seed in the greenhouse.
35 Ryan is planting this row with red veined sorrel. This attractive plant, with its bright green leaves and contrasting dark maroon stems and veins, adds color and taste to any salad.
36 You may recall the Christmas tree farm that was planted for a television segment 3 years ago. Well, it's growing very nicely.
37 This year, the red admiral butterfly has been migrating in record numbers, perhaps due to the mild winter and spring. They fluttered around the farm for a few days, drinking nectar from flowering plants, like this standard lilac.
38 And speaking of lilacs, I filled the house with beautiful aromatic bouquets from the lilac allee.
39 The wooden deck furniture, stained Bedford gray, adorns the terrace.
40 Enjoying the gardens with Ghenghis Khan
41 Plants to fill empty spaces - fiber optic grass, thymus, comfrey, dichondra, helichrysum, golden creeping Jenny, and lotus vine.
42 It's now safe to bring the tropical plants out of the greenhouse.
43 The Christmas ferns hang from the porch.
44 This load contains staghorn ferns and a variegated ficus.
45 A great shot of Wilmer
46 The staghorn ferns hang on the side of the house like antlers.
47 They have a heavy mono-filament hanger, which is suspended from a brass screw in the siding.
48 Hung the same way is this lovely Spanish moss and orchid arrangement.
49 One side of the porch
50 And the other
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What are the wires going up the trunks? Are there lights in the branches?
I love your blog. And I never have any problems viewing the pictures. Sometimes the caption text gets cut off, but I think it's due to my own settings, not anything you can correct.
Posted by: Glenda Moore | May 18th, 2012 at 12:22 am
I look forward to each and every post and appreciate your thorough captions. So informative! I've been a follower for a while and have never had errors or problems viewing pics on my pc.
Posted by: Cindy in Austin | May 18th, 2012 at 12:36 am
Martha, everything looks so enchanting!It was an amazing tour! Thank you!
Posted by: Chris | May 18th, 2012 at 1:03 am
I can only view the photographs when using Mozilla Firefox or Safari. Other browsers do not work for this blog.
Posted by: Bruce Merchant | May 18th, 2012 at 1:33 am
Occasionally the photos don't load, however they always seem to begin working fine if I reload the page.
Posted by: Mark | May 18th, 2012 at 2:37 am
Martha, the blogs of your beautiful, beautiful farm and gardens are the highlight of my day- I gain not only pleasure but inspiration and ideas for my own much smaller patch down here in Oz... thankyou for these wonderful posts and long may your green thumbs continue to provide so much joy....
Posted by: marylee | May 18th, 2012 at 3:19 am
I am unable to view your website due to the advertising covering the website page.. I gave up trying to figure out how to get rid of it.
Nancy
Posted by: Nancy | May 18th, 2012 at 3:43 am
I have encountered the error 404 on your site as well as on Kevin's blog.
Love, love the farm pics. I could view your farm and all of your homes every day!
Posted by: KTrader | May 18th, 2012 at 4:04 am
Yes, I've had this problem in the past on and off. The photo wouldn't change from the first one.
Posted by: Maria | May 18th, 2012 at 5:51 am
I just love your blog. I really enjoy seeing the farm amid all the seasonal changes. Thank you for allowing us a window into your world.
Posted by: liz Phillips | May 18th, 2012 at 6:19 am
Shows daily "error" on page, but able to view the pics.after a five minutes delay!
Posted by: Maguy Ryan | May 18th, 2012 at 6:47 am
Thanks for the tour - I do my farm living vicariously through you and you surely do it well. No problem with the pics - either on the blog or through Google Reader.
Posted by: Just B | May 18th, 2012 at 6:53 am
Dear Martha,
It is so good to see you walking with G.K. & enjoying your home and gardens. I'll miss your television show and I know you won't sit still long, but my wish for you is for you to enjoy your homes to the fullest. It was good to see the donks!
Readers, if you encounter the 404 error just go to the back arrow on the upper left, click on it & you'll get back to the page. We'll let Martha's i.t. peeps fix the technicals.
Good Day to all,
Sharon
Posted by: Sharon | May 18th, 2012 at 7:20 am
I enjoyed my tour of your farm so much this morning. Thank you.
I have had problems on several occasions. I was not able to see the pictures, but now things seem to be fine.
Posted by: Susie Poss | May 18th, 2012 at 7:21 am
Yesterday, just out my window i was taken aback to observe a fox in pursuit of a wild turkey. There are lots of critters here even though i am very close to town. I wonder what wildlife coexists on your land and the adjacent woods, Martha. What accommodations have you made for them? Your vegetable garden and chicken coop look sensibly secure.
Posted by: CJTaylor | May 18th, 2012 at 7:31 am
LOVE all the posts from your farm, seeing the season unfold with such amazing displays
Posted by: Dale Coykendall | May 18th, 2012 at 7:42 am
I have same problem more often than not
Posted by: Linda Beth Howell | May 18th, 2012 at 7:51 am
Martha, the farm looks so pretty right now, how can you stand to leave it!! I love the bloomimg trees and plants and the shade gardens look so lush. I too freely admit to being a tree lover and can't wait to see the progress of the new red beeches as they grow. That's a sweet picture of you and Ghengis Khan enjoying the farm. Thanks for the update Martha!
By the way, I have never received a 404 message viewing your blog.
Have a great weekend everyone!!
Posted by: Cindy F | May 18th, 2012 at 7:54 am
Martha..years ago when your first "Entertaining" Book came out, my daughter-in-law gave me a wonderful compliment. She said I was just like Martha Stewart. At the time I didn't know who Maartha Stewart was. I follow your life and am still amazed at your creativity.I thank your Martha for having you.
Posted by: dot ferrero | May 18th, 2012 at 8:13 am
Sad that you no longer have the sheep. Why did you have to get rid of them?
Posted by: Beth | May 18th, 2012 at 8:14 am
Love your blog! I follow it every day. The only problem I had with your photos was that they would not advance when I clicked on "Next" a couple of times, all I could see was the first picture - and that was quite a while ago, it has been fine since.
Posted by: Sue T | May 18th, 2012 at 8:17 am
I have no problem viewing your blog pics & I use Explorer.
Just the advertising that sometimes gets in the way and you can't see the pics.
Please tell us how you keep caterpillars off your lettuce without using bad chemicals.
What happened with the Welsh sheep? I was looking forward to you spinning your own wool.
Thanks for a great blog and and insight into your gorgeous home.
Posted by: Mara | May 18th, 2012 at 8:53 am
The farm looks as beautiful as ever in this blog. I do not have any problems with viewing the blogs. We use Firefox.
Posted by: mona c | May 18th, 2012 at 9:05 am
Hi Martha and tech team,
I've been getting errors - not often on this page but on The Daily Wag and occasionally on Kevin Sharkey's blog. On The Daily Wag, no photos will display after the first two and Kevin's will give the 404 error. I use Firefox as my browser; however, I figured out that Chrome resolves the problem on Daily Wag and time solves the problem with Kevin's blog - maybe a server thing on his?
Posted by: Suzanne | May 18th, 2012 at 9:16 am
I've been unable to see photos on the blog for the past 1-2 weeks.
Posted by: Mary | May 18th, 2012 at 9:30 am
Yes, definitely having issues seeing your pictures. I recommend checking your CSS Style sheets as we disabled them on your page and the images appeared. Hope that helps you all Martha!
Posted by: Marcy | May 18th, 2012 at 9:44 am
Love all the pictures. Occasionally, I get a black box where a picture should be, but when I click on the box, the picture opens up. Other times, I get a black box, am unable to open, but if I skip ahead to other pics and then come back, the missing picture is there. Hope that helps your troubleshooting!
Posted by: Ginny | May 18th, 2012 at 9:48 am
I've had trouble viewing pics lately. It's intermittent.
Posted by: Susan Patereau | May 18th, 2012 at 9:48 am
Just once, a few weeks back, this blog page with the pics came up blank in the pic space and nothing I tried seemed to work. However, the next day everything was back - even the ones I'd missed from the day before. I did not get the 404 message tho.
Posted by: Sequana | May 18th, 2012 at 10:10 am
Love, Love your blog! When I want to get away from it all I ingross myself in your beautiful photos. What a treasure to live in such a beautiful enviorement. God has truly blessed you Martha. I love your theme color of Bedford grey. I am considering implementing that color in my home. Your trees and hosta garden are just so peaceful. Looking forward to seeing a summer tour of this wonderful estate. Thank you Martha for sharing.
Posted by: Syl | May 18th, 2012 at 10:10 am
I cannot see the other photos when I click "next".
Posted by: Charissa May-Riley | May 18th, 2012 at 10:17 am
Hi Martha, OH! What a beautiful morning being able to tour your spectacular Bedford farm and seeing you, GK, Ryan, and Wilmer again keeping the farm so gorgeous! These photos are some of your best and thank goodness the better weather has provided everything so gorgeous this spring, even all of the boxwoods look beautiful! I know I'm going to view these photos again and again and how fun it would be to be there! How fun to see Clive and Rufus enjoying their grazing in the former sheep paddock-would love to see Billy, too! Love those red horse chestnut trees, also beautiful! Love Photo #12 of the iris-gorgeous, too! Those clematis are outstanding and so is all of the pergola! Love the red beech tree and the new planting! That purple asparagus looks so delicious! Love the wonderful photos of your house, especially #21-spectacular! My favorite photos are #20,38,&40-you and GK look fantastic! Thanks so much for this delightful blog! I used to have problems with your blog and then I changed to Mozilla Firefox and no problems here. The past week or so, the error 404 would show up on The Daily Wag and when I clicked on the back arrow on the top left hand side of the page, the blog came back and yesterday it was perfect. Thanks for the help! Hope you have a wonderful day, today and weekend and hope F,S,&GK are doing better! Jan
Posted by: Jan Erickson | May 18th, 2012 at 10:27 am
to view the photos, i go to the blog, martha's photo album, and then under "most recent posts" click on my farm is mid may.
Posted by: Sandy F | May 18th, 2012 at 10:35 am
I love your blog. You are an inspiration!
Kevin's blog seems to have the most trouble with the 404 message.
Your blog has been trouble free most recently.
Posted by: Jayne | May 18th, 2012 at 10:48 am
beautiful slide show!
Posted by: Woolie | May 18th, 2012 at 10:55 am
Hi,
I love the farm.
I did notice that the pictures didn't appear yesterday in the morning. When I went back a few hours later they were fine. I do testing for a software company and have to report on errors/bugs. If I see anything, I'll send details.
Posted by: Andrea Dean | May 18th, 2012 at 10:56 am
I have enjoyed all of your blogs and have never had any problems.Thanks for sharing with us.
Posted by: Karlene Wissel | May 18th, 2012 at 10:57 am
Have had issues with not being able to see the pictures or after clicking to # 2 or # 3 then the page reloads with a 404 error. Has happened with IE and Firefox. Was able to view today's farm pictures without error. Thx.
Posted by: Linda | May 18th, 2012 at 11:26 am
thank Heaven...the farm photos are back...give me your farm photos anyday over the party photos !! yes, beautiful photos..
Posted by: Greg | May 18th, 2012 at 11:38 am
Martha,
photog's load fine for me, no problems.
beautiful - I can tell you are a true plant lover. Your farm is really taking shape. To enjoy an afternoon cocktail on the porch must be heaven. I'll have an Aviation like the make at the Temple Bar on Lafayette St in NYC, please ;o)
So much work. Love the vegetable garden - please more posts over the summer. Your gardens are so far along compared to here.
We are about 6 weeks behind you here near Calgary, peonies are just coming up, and finally trees in leaf. My view to the west is of the still snow covered Rockies - the snow pack doesn't come down until mid-june. Early veg are in, rest this weekend - except tomatoes. I have a much more modest garden and have a very short growing season, but it's still so much fun. I bought starts of a purple asparagus variety in Vancouver a few weeks ago to redo my patch - i'm glad to hear you like them. First rhubarb for breakfast muffins today.
Huge fan of New York, so it's nice to experience it vicarously. Only an occasional visitor to NYC.
cheers,
jake
Posted by: jake | May 18th, 2012 at 11:39 am
Hi Martha,
Beautiful farm pictures as usual! Can I come and sit in your terrace and just take in the beauty of the surroundings or maybe walk down the roads like you’re doing with G.K. I wish I had just a portion of all the plants you have and every year you name new ones that are sprouting. It is like winter never happened and your farm is forever like paradise. It’s been a long time since I’ve experienced the seasons like from winter to spring. In Florida we have hot, warm and less warm but everything stays green. I practically have my nose on the monitor while I check every picture of yours up close. I really like picture No. 1 and the boxwood looks great everywhere. Shrubs and hedges are my thing.
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As for error codes, once in awhile my browser wants to give me an error code but usually on Kevin’s blog. I just refresh the page or make sure I’m in compatibility mode or just come back later and then everything is okay. The pictures you had up on some of your older blogs no longer show up but I figured you took them down. They show up as a blank space with a red x in the left top corner. I often look for things in your older blogs. Thanks for today’s pictorial – I should be done drooling shortly! Trish
Posted by: Trish | May 18th, 2012 at 11:45 am
Thank you for the wonderful garden photos. I especially love peonies! I could see every photo today, but sometimes they will not display. Best wishes!
Posted by: Cathy | May 18th, 2012 at 11:46 am
The gardens are exquisite and prolific! I have to say i would never leave home if it was mine. I do have a sweet small space garden with lots of boxwood and i often just like to simply be amongst the greenery and pick bouquets...we are currently enjoying lilacs, sweet woodruff, lily of the valley both white and pink, bachelor buttons and lady's mantle with the peonies and roses almost ready to open. A cool Spring here in Vancouver so some things are a little late with others catching up. Last Sunday my daughter and I had tea/lunch at Butchart Gardens in Victoria. All the tulips were still in bloom and the gardens quite spectacular!
Posted by: Sherey | May 18th, 2012 at 11:55 am
I always view from an iphone or ipad. 95% of the time I am able to view all of the photos. One thing I would like to ask is if Ms. Stewart would please keep blogging, even after the show stops airing on Hallmark. I read the blog daily and enjoy these peeks into the life of my favorite "superwoman!"
Posted by: ashlye | May 18th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
I have followed your blog for several years. I use Safari and have never had any problems viewing the photos.
Thank you again for sharing photos of your BEAUTIFUL home & property! I ALWAYS enjoy seeing them.
Posted by: Dana Crespo | May 18th, 2012 at 12:04 pm
Hi Martha,
Love, love love all the colorful plants on your farm. Gorgeous..........
Karen
Posted by: Karen Tracy | May 18th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
Hi Martha, thank you for an amazing tour in your beautiful farm. Gorgeous flowers. Wish you and your family a wonderful weekend.
Posted by: Rowaida Flayhan | May 18th, 2012 at 12:25 pm
computers at work don't load this site and other martha stewart blogs...they start but then i get a martha stewart page saying "page cannot be found". i have had no problems at my home computer. weird.
Posted by: liisamarja | May 18th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
I really love all the posts about your farm, it's really gorgeous.
I loved the tour, besides, my English is becoming each time better. Thank you.
Posted by: Maria Lúcia | May 18th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
I so enjoy the view of your estate on early mornings..thanks for sharing your spring beauty
Posted by: K Linares | May 18th, 2012 at 12:44 pm
No problem with photos at all. I love that you have this wonderful farm, and share it with us via your blog. Thanks.
Posted by: Nan | May 18th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Holy cow the donks made your blog today!
Love reading your blog and I am a daily contributor to the Daily Wag!
gail
Posted by: gail pierson | May 18th, 2012 at 1:20 pm
Initially I had a problem viewing your blog when I logged on through 'Bloggs', just got a blank screen. However, going back to the home page a clicking on from there-no problems.
Nice to view your part of the world to my part and compare notes with the ever changing seasons.
Posted by: Sian (UK) | May 18th, 2012 at 1:21 pm
The last couple days the font changes when viewing and when moving the cursor around. The one font is difficult to read. The photos took a while to load a couple days this week. Better today though. I only received the 404 error on Kevin's blog. Beautiful pics today though!
Posted by: Mark L | May 18th, 2012 at 1:44 pm
No problem seeing the pictures today. Thanks
Posted by: Beverly Delaby | May 18th, 2012 at 2:03 pm
I can view the blog from my IPhone but not my computer. This has been the case all week.
Posted by: Lilly B | May 18th, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Martha I was so happy to see yet another post of your beautiful and amazing farm! How I love it! Your gardens are truly amazing. I love trees too and its so wonderful that you keep on planting and adding to your farms beauty. I can't imagine waking up and not having trees to look at. Thanks again Martha!
Posted by: Frances | May 18th, 2012 at 2:07 pm
I love these photos. I was able to view them using IE as the browser. What type of peony is in image #24? Also, what type of bearded iris in in image #12? I'd like to plant them in my garden. Thanks.
Posted by: arlene lyn | May 18th, 2012 at 2:10 pm
I don't like picking favourites, but May must be one of the best months of the year: everything is so beautiful and fresh, warm days, cool nights, fragrance everywhere. Your farm is one of the best representations of May splendor I have seen to date! Just lovely!
Posted by: Andrew Ritchie | May 18th, 2012 at 2:34 pm
I can always see the photographs on this blog no matter which browser I use: Explorer, Safari and Mozilla. I'm wondering if it's an IP problem?
Posted by: Andrew Ritchie | May 18th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
The pictures of your house and garden are outstanding!
Posted by: Rosanna | May 18th, 2012 at 2:43 pm
Hi, Martha,
Thank you for the gorgeous photos of your farm and the informative captions. Reading your blog has been a long time, enjoyable part of my daily routine. I have referred your blog to numerous friends and business partners for both enjoyment and education.
No 404 errors. A long time ago, the captions were getting cut off; however, the webmaster fixed that. The photos are nice and clear.
It would be interesting to know how many readers you have and also where they live!
Thank you!
Posted by: Bobbie from Oregon | May 18th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
I have received problems viewing pics in the past. It has been good lately.
Posted by: alice mcdonald | May 18th, 2012 at 3:28 pm
I love Martha's blog, The Daily Wag, and Kevin's blog. Thank you so much!
Twice I have had problems with Martha's pictures on her blog but most of the time the pictues scoll correctly and look great!!
But Kevin's blog I have had trouble viewing anything but the first picture (error 404) for a long time ... way back to his visit to Paris when the problem first started. The photo wouldn't change from the first one.
I wrote comments to Kevin's blog a couple of times. I am sure I have missed a lot of things I would have loved to have seen and read about.
I'll be waiting patiently for a new TV program.
Marilyn
Posted by: Marilyn | May 18th, 2012 at 4:23 pm
I had issues with my desktop at work all this week but was able to view it at home. Keep up the great work.
Posted by: Dean B | May 18th, 2012 at 4:39 pm
Martha,
I'm not experiencing any problems viewing the photos. Your farm is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing this blog.
Posted by: KLBrown | May 18th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
I love your pictures & reading about them!
I also have problems looking at the pictures on different computers. If I try it the next day sometimes it works.
Posted by: Jackie | May 18th, 2012 at 5:51 pm
Martha, I have been a regular reader of your blog for years. I have NEVER had a problem viewing your photographs.
Posted by: Michele Garcia | May 18th, 2012 at 5:53 pm
Most of the time I have no issues viewing the wonderful photo's. But, the pop up adds are
ALWAYS in the way when you click to enlarge a
photo. I do find this annoying.
I read here everyday and do enjoy your blog and
photo's.
Posted by: JKay | May 18th, 2012 at 6:51 pm
My RSS feed has not been delivering the blog notifications regularly. For instance, today I received three notifications after not having received any for the previous three days. The other RSS feeds I have established (including Kevin Sharkey's blog) are functioning correctly.
Posted by: A Peterson | May 18th, 2012 at 6:52 pm
Please fix your magazine app, can't see anything at all on that! Also how do I cancel my digital subscription and get a refund? I'm paying for something I m not getting. Thank you
Posted by: Reader | May 18th, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Hi Martha,
I am getting the blogs but NOT the pictures. I really miss all the beautiful pictures. Hope your people can solve this problem asap. Also enjoy the "daily wag" but there also, no pictures.
Please help!
Joan
Rochester NY
Posted by: joan vogt | May 18th, 2012 at 7:43 pm
unable to see your pictures on the blog-really dissappointed-hope it is fixed soon. Thanks and have a wonderful day.
Posted by: Rhonda Silverman | May 18th, 2012 at 8:14 pm
No problems viewing the blog for me thank goodness. Such beauty. It is like a book of garden delights. Thank you Martha for sharing. You have done so much more with your homes than most celebs do. AND you share. Thank's again.
Posted by: Dee | May 18th, 2012 at 8:19 pm
You are so blessed to have this beautiful farm. I do envy you the peonies and lilacs, I can't find any that will grow in the deep south. I have followed you for about 20 years and I'm still inspired by your show and your magazine. Thank you so much for what you do.
Posted by: Susan Bedsole | May 18th, 2012 at 8:26 pm
Beautiful pictures! No trouble opening them or viewing them. An inspiration as always. :0)
Posted by: Michelle Zabell | May 18th, 2012 at 8:36 pm
Inspiring - I have to catch up with my gardening! I do not have a problem with the blog or photos - using IE 9 Windows 7 Home Premium.
Posted by: Sandy | May 18th, 2012 at 8:38 pm
I have never had a problem looking at your pictures. I love looking at them! Your home is absolutely beautiful! It reminds me so much of my grandparents home. Of course theirs was on a smaller scale but was beautifully landscaped and they had so many beautiful things growing and a huge garden. Unfortunately their landscaping and growing expertise did not filter down to me. So I just have to enjoy the beauty that other people create. Thank you for sharing!!!
Posted by: M Rennells | May 18th, 2012 at 9:15 pm
No problems with the photos! Thank you for you blog Martha, I feel I learn something and inspired each time I visit.
Posted by: Darlene | May 18th, 2012 at 9:39 pm
Problem viewing the pictures is intermittent, there are times when they are not there at all or just some of them. I wondered if it was due to my Mac.
Posted by: P Walker | May 18th, 2012 at 10:16 pm
Your photos from this blog are fine but the last set from Robin Hood didn't appear. Today I entered your site through facebook. As for your farm and garden all I can say is; You have come a long way since Nutley! Keep up the beautiful work and keep those photos coming. Do you ever open your garden for the Garden Conservancy open days?
Posted by: Elayne | May 19th, 2012 at 1:09 am
Very nice farm tour. We especially enjoy the Lilacs, Martha.
Ray and Sunny
Posted by: Ray and Sunny Unseitig | May 19th, 2012 at 2:13 am
I love your blog, and have been following for over a year. I do love keeping up with your events and activities. I especially love your life at your homes, and your beautiful gardens. You inspired me to return to vegetable gardening, and how I love growing my own food. Thank you for letting us be a part of your life. In addition, there has been no problems seeing your photos or your notes.
Posted by: Barbara Matheney | May 19th, 2012 at 7:06 am
I am using my iPad with Safari. The only picture that needed help to open and view was #4. In the past when using my Toshiba laptop with Google Chrome, I received the error message on probably a good third. Today no error messages. I really enjoy your blog - thank you for sharing the beauty and wonder of the life you have worked so hard for. Compliments to all of your staff who help make it all happen. BK
Posted by: Beverly Knight | May 19th, 2012 at 7:52 am
photos didn't work on Chrome, but worked on safari
beautiful!
Posted by: Natalie | May 19th, 2012 at 8:41 am
Hello Martha!Good to see you enjoying your Land And Taking the time to SHARE:-).As Alway's your home is lovely and i would not expect anything less from you.nice to see All the different flower's you have and your gardening and Beautiful landscape.It all look's so Serene.
Posted by: Darlene Martinez | May 19th, 2012 at 9:05 am
I love looking at your farm pictures and I haven't had any technical problems with them. I especially enjoy seeing your horses and their beautiful barn. It must be a joy to ride your horses around your amazing property!
Posted by: Susan Dakin | May 19th, 2012 at 9:54 am
Dear Martha:
I like your farm photos, and wonder what is the possibility to have a tour there. Any occasion that you would allow us to see it with our own eyes? The reason is that I would like to start a small farm too. How to do it? Do you have any writings on this subject?
Marian
Posted by: Marian Ming | May 19th, 2012 at 11:33 am
I love, love, love when you share photos of your farm with us! It's inspiring for me. Thank you!
I view your website with Google. Sometimes internet explorer won't work as well. (Google is free ladies). Only once in a great while have I ever had a photo that did not show up.
Posted by: Judi | May 19th, 2012 at 1:03 pm
I'm so sad the Black Welsh sheep are gone. Did they not work out there for you at the farm?
Posted by: Brenda Knowlton | May 19th, 2012 at 1:06 pm
How do you get it all done? I love the outdoors and love the pictures of your trees and plants. We're from Ohio and we grow a big garden full of calla lillies. That is our claim to gardening fame!
Posted by: janice broering | May 19th, 2012 at 5:11 pm
Lovely photos...didn't have a problem viewing photos today. Somehow the problem has been corrected. I always use Firefox...
Posted by: Peggy | May 19th, 2012 at 6:09 pm
I can not see the photos when I go to Martha blog on my I iPad sometime.
I use safari on my iPad. I like reading her blog sometime when I have time.
I hope Martha show come back on this Fall. I look at the reruns now and I
still enjoy them.o
Posted by: Beverly | May 19th, 2012 at 9:55 pm
I can't see the pictures. I'm using IE8 with Windows XP.
Posted by: Eric Stier | May 19th, 2012 at 10:36 pm
love your gardens. and seeing all that asparagus made my mouth water. no river birch? they're gorgeous.
had no problem at all viewing the photos. many thanks for this wonderful post!
Posted by: M.E. | May 19th, 2012 at 11:26 pm
It took me 4 trys to load the photos, I got the text but after the fourth click on the blog link, I finally got to see the photos, amazing pic's beautiful gardnes.
Posted by: Sherry | May 19th, 2012 at 11:50 pm
Martha, yes some of the prior pictures didn,t come thru...not many though...I enjoyed the pictures of your Farm in Mid May...how delightful..you lucky lucky girl! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Marie | May 20th, 2012 at 1:23 am
Hi Martha and team,
The photos come through clearly but indeed sometimes only Mozilla will work. I put it down to different software versions and firewalls.
Anyway, I have been following your blog for some time and it makes for a bright, happy and positive moment every day.
In all fairness, I prefer the pictures of the farm and the gardens you visit - especially the post with the peonies!
Take care and keep up the good work.
Posted by: Belinda | May 20th, 2012 at 6:48 am
Awesome! That's all... just plain awesome.
Posted by: Claudia | May 20th, 2012 at 5:25 pm
Hi Martha, I live in Australia, I am an avid gardener, sewer,crafter and shoemaker. I love your blog and take lots of inspiration from it. I have no problems getting the photos. Your blog is my morning treat! Thank you.
Posted by: Marlene Innes | May 20th, 2012 at 6:33 pm
Hello Martha from the UK. Beautiful farm, must take a lot of work. I am a chef here in the UK, we have been watching your Martha bakes show on Goodfood channel. May I ask please, if this will be released on DVD?. The instructions are very clear and concise, your expertise is amazing. Kind regards from theUK.
Posted by: George | May 21st, 2012 at 11:28 am
Hi there, i just wanted to drop you a line to say that i thoroughly enjoyed this particular post of yours, I have subscribed to your RSS feeds and have skimmed a few of your posts before but this one really stood out for me. I know that I am just a stranger to you but I figured you might appreciate the admiration Take care and keep blogging.
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I will miss your TV show immensely..I have truly enjoyed watching it over the years...I retired from a very productive drapery business that I owned for 35 years...My biggest problem when I decided to retire was that people wouldn't accept my decision..10 years later I still receive calls form old clients that try to talk me into one more window treatment...I have firmly stood my ground and enjoy every day of my retirement...I know you are only partially retired as you have so many other projects..and that is the answer to an enjoyable retirement...Good luck and bask in your days of more leisure time...I will miss your daily shows though...they were such a wonderful accomplishment...
Posted by: Pat | May 21st, 2012 at 5:54 pm
I know that your farm is ever evolving and more beautiful each year. I have had no issues in viewing your photos and thoroughly enjoy reading your blog. I will miss your show and look forward to perhaps being a member of a future audience.
Posted by: Mary | May 22nd, 2012 at 2:56 pm
No problem with the down load. What a thrill! Keep the updates coming. It's looking better all the time!!
Posted by: Charles McKenzie | May 24th, 2012 at 9:13 am