When I was first planning my garden decades ago, I really wanted an orchard with lots of white crabapple trees, but it was WAY outside my budget. Determined, I went to a nursery on the North Fork of Long Island and bought 25 tiny saplings, each with two little branches. I was convinced they wouldn’t grow into full trees in my lifetime, but five years later - there they were - big, healthy, gorgeous crabapple trees covered in fragrant white flowers.  The two weeks when they bloom each year is my favorite time in the garden. Patience isn’t my strongest quality, but gardening has taught me lots of it!!

Why not thank Mom this Mother’s Day with a batch of homemade Chocolate Pecan Scones?!! Or better yet, homemade scones and a signed copy of Cook Like a Pro so she can find lots of new favorite recipes!!  You may just turn out to be her favorite child after all! ;) Happy Mother's Day! 

I think flowers have the most impact when you plant a few different kinds in big drifts.  It creates a block of color that's beautiful even from a distance. White tulips & blue Muscari are my favorite combination in the spring - I'm enjoying them while they last!!