The Lifetime Gardener by Jon Feldman
Dear Village of Nyack: Good-bye. It was fun while it lasted. I just won’t be able to see you anymore. I will certainly miss watching you move through each day, from the early morning light reflecting off Hook Mountain, to the last bits of sunset creeping over your tallest buildings. No longer will seeing your traffic lights, eerily glowing on foggy nights, make me feel part... Read More
The Lifetime Gardiner, by Jon Feldman
I’m not crazy about the month of November. It drags us out of the last crisp days of autumn and shoves us into the clutching grip of early winter. Though, aside from manhandling us into December’s bleakness, it does offer opportunities to experience nature in strikingly different weather conditions, often within days of each other. I enjoy walking the gravelly footpath of Nyack... Read More
Rocks In My Head, by Jon Feldman
Rocks In My Head I find comfort in the company of rocks. Boulders, field stone, quarried stone or sandy pebbles—they all make me grin. The feelings run deep, relating mostly to my preference for using natural materials in my garden designs. As with enduring lifelong friendships, certain rocks have accompanied me through more than one house move, becoming part of gardens in... Read More
The Lifetime Gardener by Jon Feldman
It must be love. Nothing else could justify the presence of roses in my garden. Let me explain. Whether driven by personal design style, or an unfounded sense of Plant Kingdom hierarchy, I take pride in having excluded certain plants from my landscape designs. You wouldn’t, for instance, find a Yucca in my beds. Pachysandra wouldn’t be spec’d. And most definitely, prissy... Read More
Tip-toeing Through the Tulips, by Jon Feldman
Much of my childhood was spent in my parents’ gardens. On any given weekend, I could be seen practicing the arts of digging holes, weeding, cutting grass and raking leaves— usually under some form of duress. Read More Read More
The Lifetime Gardener by Jon Feldman
May is the month suburban vegetable gardeners rekindle their dream of achieving self-sufficiency: to live off the land by the fruits of their labors. As the first seeds are sown and seedlings planted, the desire to produce enough food to feed the family awakens from its winter idle. Read More Read More
The Lifetime Gardener by Jon Feldman
Occasionally, when considering a topic for this column, I’ll leave my office seeking inspiration closer to nature. Always a fruitful diversion, an idea could wash over me during a walk along the Hudson River. Staring at clouds has precipitated ideas that seemingly fall from the sky. Read More Read More
