We finally had a killing frost which was beautiful in its crystal killings. The Dahlias have all blackened and I pulled them all from the ground and will begin the long process of cleaning, drying, dividing, labelling and storing them for the winter. It is always anyone's guess as to how many will survive my less than ideal storage conditions. The garage is too cold (it gets well below freezing) and the basement is too hot because the boiler is down there. I try to keep th

Today was the 5th Annual Heart of the Home Kitchen Tour to benefit the Wenham museum! What a great day – We had over 250 visitors tour the nine designer kitchen that spread across the North Shore from Manchester to Topsfield, Hamilton, Wenham, Danvers, Beverly and Ipswich. I was honored to be invited to share my kitchen as part of this tour with so many wonderful Boston Kitchen Designers represented! A wonderful stream of visitors came through the kitchen today – from young c