1 This is Cindy and Steve, who have been guiding the operations at Triple Chick Farm for the past 20 years. Their commitment to excellence, aesthetic beauty, cleanliness, and safety are renowned.

2 Cindy gave us a tour of the growing facility. Triple Chick Farm has been an operating farm on Mount Desert Island for many generations. It is a certified organic farm dedicated to producing healthy, organic food.

3 I was astonished at the size of this spinach leaf!

4 Amazing lettuce - Triple Chick Farm lettuce is renowned for its quality and variety.

5 Rainbow Swiss chard grown at Triple Chick is especially tender and mild.

6 The lettuce thrives in these greenhouse raised beds.

7 More lettuce varieties - Their vegetables, herbs, flowers, and fruit are grown on fields and in greenhouses completely free of chemicals.

8 Beautiful fluffy fennel

9 Cucumber plants are grown in containers.

10 These peppers and tomato seedlings were ready for planting.

11 These raised growing tables make farming easy!

12 Incredible lettuce!

13 More spinach

14 Giant leaf lettuce

15 Ruffled lettuce

16 When one crop is finished, its bed is cleared and planted again. This is recently transplanted lettuce starters.

17 This is a tomato greenhouse. The tomato vines are held upright by the hanging string supports.

18 Another greenhouse with a variety of crops

19 And another all cleared and getting ready for planting a new crop

20 These tomato seedlings are ready for transplanting.

21 And so are these peppers

22 On the mornings when the farm stand is open at Triple Chick, their best produce is selected and hand-picked for sale.

23 These are zlata radishes.

24 Baby carrots and rainbow chard

25 Richard was prepping the vegetables for sale.

26 I purchased 4 giant heads of lettuce.

27 More of what I bought including radishes and beets

28 Our next stop was Surry Gardens, where there are 9 greenhouses to stroll through, as well as 12 coldframes, all filled with colorful bedding plants, herbs, and vegetable seedlings.

29 This is the spectacular Surry Gardens in the Downeast Maine region where Acadia National Park and my home, Skylands, is located.

30 Surry Gardens has a huge selection of trees, perennials, fruit trees and shrubs, roses, vines, water plants, bedding plants, vegetable starts, and herbs.

31 I was very impressed with their stunning hanging baskets, like these filled with intensely blue lobelia. An annual, lobelia comes in a mounding type called edging lobelia and a cascading variety, like this sapphire one.

32 A beautiful combination of lobelia and bright pink petunias, a nearly fail-proof annual with great cascading qualities and seemingly endless color choices.

33 Another combination of lobelia, petunia, and verbena, a spreading plant ideal for cascading over retaining walls, pots, baskets, and window boxes.

34 Pink petunias, a smaller petunia look-alike called million bells, and verbena

35 Another combination of petunia, million bells, and verbena

36 And another color combination of the same flowers

37 Yellow million bells with pink petunias

38 Trailing nasturtiums

39 Petunias, million bells, verbena, and ornamental sweet potato vine

1 This is the really fun cover of our latest book, Martha Stewart's Favorite Crafts For Kids, which focuses on craft projects that children, aged three to twelve, can make with their parents.

2 Cardboard Schoolhouse: This cardboard schoolhouse is easily constructed and folds away for easy storage.

3 Cardboard Barn: We set up a cardboard living room, classroom, and barn, but there is no end to the possibilities of this project. It’s fun to fill your cardboard world with a combination of dollhouse pieces, toys you scavenge from other games, and handmade accessories and other details.

4 Embroidery Martha: Cross-stitching is easier and faster than it looks - if you can sew on a button, you can do it. I love this cross-stitched portrait that one of our very talented crafts editors, Silke Stoddard, made. Can you recognize me?

5 Cross Stitch Family: To begin, use graph paper to plan your portrait from head to toe, then thread a needle and start stitching. To capture someone’s personality in cross-stitch, extra details are key.

6 Origami Finger Puppets: Origami finger puppets are a snap to create with squares of paper and a set of markers. If you start with origami paper, which comes in convenient squares, you won’t even have to do any cutting.

7 Pipe Cleaner Squirrel: This fun-filled book makes good use of many household objects and common materials. Our pipe cleaner pals project teaches how to create monkeys, squirrels, chameleons, and tigers with colored pipe cleaners and a few dabs of glue.

8 Egg Pigs: Did you know you can use hollowed-out eggshells and a few crafts supplies to make a barnyard full of pigs, cows, and chickens?

9 Egg Cows: Brown eggs are a natural starting point for animals with dark fur or feathers, and tiny speckled quail eggs are sized right for baby cows.

10 Stuffed Animal: Imagine if hand-drawn monsters and woodland creatures could jump right off the sketchpad. With this project, children can set their own artwork free!

11 Stuffed Animals Group: Young crafters shouldn’t worry about perfection - these playful characters are meant to be one-of-a-kind.

12 Pom-Pom Owls: These owls are put together with a useful little tool called a pom-pom maker, available at crafts stores or online. In the book, you will also find pom-pom bunnies and bumblebees.

13 Shell Koalas: Save shells found along the shore during summer beach trips, then transform them into creatures of all kinds - turkeys, giraffes, poodles, and cute koalas.

14 Rice Krispie Bugs: With a little creativity and some edible embellishments, crisped-rice treats become charming party favors.

15 Snow Globes: These homemade snow globes are a perfect way to display and preserve a young artist’s masterpieces molded from bakeable clay.

16 Popsicle Stick Popsicle Stand: Wooden craft sticks stand in for logs and boards in this old-fashioned ice-pop stand. The book features a whole town’s worth of craft-stick creations.

17 Popsicle Stick Cottage: Toy animals roam free at this rustic popsicle stick cabin.

18 Pirate Ship: This three-masted uses strips of a mesh fruit bag for its ladders. Our toy boat tutorial includes instructions for building a sailboat, tugboat, and motorboat, as well.

19 Marble Run: Many children enjoy tinkering with machines, taking things apart, and learning how stuff works, just for fun. This Peg-Board Marble Run embraces that curiosity; the clacking gumball machine runs without electricity, all with parts found in the kitchen and toy box.

20 Cornhusk Dolls: These beautiful cornhusk dolls evoke an earlier time, of life on the prairie or deep in the big woods.

21 Beaded Jewelry: Sweet daisy chains, made into necklaces, bracelets, and rings from dainty seed beads, provide a wonderful activity for slumber parties.

22 Flip Flops: A quick and fun summer project, embellished flip-flops dress up even the most plain-Jane rubber sandals.

23 Accordion Boxes: Small cardboard jewelry boxes are a natural choice for containing whatever tiny treasures children happen to gather - stamps, buttons, stickers, and such. These accordion boxes give their collections a home of their own.

24 Button Bobby Pins: Collect colorful buttons in a variety of shapes and sizes, then match them with coordinating bobby pins. To gift this project, simply stamp a friend’s name on a piece of card stock, cut a slit, and insert the bobby pin.

25 July 4th Rockets: Our lively candy-filled rockets make playful favors for Fourth of July parade-watching parties. Like so many other projects in this book, they are easy to put together with just a few basic supplies.

26 Safari Terrarium: This safari terrarium provides a close-up look at exotic wildlife right at home. The environment is completely enclosed; once you’ve achieved the right level of moisture, it will almost take care of itself. Good sources for the materials and animals include museum and zoo gift shops, hobby stores, garden centers, and online retailers.

27 Crystals: Growing tiny salt crystals into gigantic ones is fascinating to observe and record. You’ll need patience for this monster salt crystals project - it takes several days, but it’s well worth it.

28 Duct Tape Crafts: Boys and girls alike need something sturdy to hold their allowance as well as holders for pencils, keys, and portable devices. These duct tape accessories stand up to just about any amount of wear and tear. I love experimenting with different colors and folded designs.

29 Treasure Chest: This wonderful treasure chest project is the perfect way to recap and reminisce a summertime beach vacation. Here, canceled stamps, available from hobby shops and online, are used to make a nautical scene on the inside of a box lid.

1 I was so thrilled to be able to host a party for my friend Ronda Rice Carmen and celebrate her new book, Designers At Home.

2 The spacious clerestory at our offices was decorated with lovely ornamental cherry blossoms.

3 The clerestory provided a bright and open space for guests to mingle with the designers featured in the book.

4 Guests were served Dogajolo Bianco, Rosato and Rosso wine from Opici Wines. www.opiciwines.com

5 Cheese straws, olives, and nuts were served by Chef Pierre Schaedelin as a perfect complement to the wine.

6 Here I am with interior designer Rob Passal and Aaron Stewart, VP Design at MSLO.

7 Here is Ronda with her friend, Andrew Joseph, founder of Andrew Joseph PR.

8 Here I am with Ronda Carman and Robert Passal. Robert's Manhattan prewar apartment is featured on the cover of Ronda's book.

9 Another look at the wine and hor d'oeuvres before the party begins

10 With Ronda Carman and Mary Aarons of Quayside Publishing Group

11 Ronda with her friend and designer Bradley Clifford

12 Kevin Sharkey's home is also featured in Ronda's book. He used silk carpeting and velvet upholstery to create a luxurious feel in his Manhattan apartment.

13 With Aaron Stewart, Ronda, Kevin, and interior designer Bradley Clifford

14 Aaron snapped a photo of us.

15 A great crowd turned out to celebrate Ronda and Designers at Home.

16 Here I am talking with interior designer Bunny Williams

17 MSLO's Garden Editor Stephen Orr (center) chats with Jason Oliver Nixon - Editor at Delta Sky Magazine, and design consultant Janice Langrell.

18 The Dogajolo Rosato, from the Carpineto winery in Tuscany, was delicious.

19 Kevin and I shared a laugh with Bunny Williams.

20 Bunny Williams

21 Bruce Glickman, owner of the furniture gallery Duane in New York City, flipped through his new copy of Designers at Home.

22 The photographs and essays in Designers at Home provide readers with fabulous design ideas and advice for decorating a home.

23 I had a wonderful time chatting with all of the attendees that night.

24 Both Bunny Williams and James Andrew opened their doors for readers in Designers at Home. They share stories of how they got involved with interior design and what inspires them when decorating.

25 With Michael Mcgraw - founder of the Mcgraw Agency and designer Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo

26 Everyone enjoyed the wine selection.

27 Ronda and Rob Passal posed for a picture in front of the book's cover.

28 Ronda's All the Best blog contains great interviews with different tastemakers in the design industry, as well as some of Ronda's favorite homemade soup recipes!

29 Ronda happily signed copies of her book for guests.

30 Bunny William's warm and comfortable Connecticut home is featured in Rhonda's book and is a perfect reflection of her sunny personality.