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Daffodil drifts can be ‘golden roads’ for drive-by viewing
By DEAN FOSDICK Associated Press Volunteers in a small New York community are planting massive drifts of daffodils this fall to paint their springtime roadsides golden. In the process, they’ve connected residents and helped groups in other areas create similar beautification programs. The landscaping project, called Golden Roads Daffodils, is being shaped in and around South Salem, New York, an hour’s drive north of New York City. Members of the Lewisboro Garden Club and others have planted over 38,000 daffodils along local roads over an 11-year period, while motivating homeowners to buy and plant 38,000 additional bulbs on their own properties. “The project makes people feel good, while at the same time transforms the community,” said George Scott, a retired businessman and one of the early organizers. After a learning curve lasting several years, the program has evolved into a streamlined, four-season operation. It enlists the aid of students (who get extra credits), nurseries (which donate bulbs and supplies), city officials (who issue the necessary clearances), residents (who donate cash and time) and even the police department, which parks patrol cars near busy intersections to ensure the safety of volunteers while planting. Scott has fashioned an exhaustive schedule that begins every March with recruiting volunteers for fall planting. From there, it turns to choosing new planting locations, ordering signs, developing driving tours, coordinating with local managers, drafting letters seeking donations, determining bulb quantities and pricing, getting parking permits, holding training sessions, providing restrooms and re-
freshments, and assorted other tasks. “We get a lot of support from different aspects of the community,” Scott said. “They’re really behind the program, which costs about $2,000 a year to manage.” The Lewisboro Garden Club has shared its roadside-daffodil knowhow with similar groups in Holtsville, New York, and Ridgefield, Connecticut, Scott said. Daffodils are the popular choice for roadside planting programs. “They’re not needy plants,” said Christian Curless, a spokesman for Colorblends, a wholesale bulb company in Bridgeport, Connecticut, that provides the bulk of the Golden Roads Program bulb orders. “There’s little or no maintenance if the plants are getting enough sunshine.” Daffodils also are deer-, vole- and squirrel-resistant, he said. “Plant predators despise their taste and won’t eat them.” The organizers choose sites with visual impact, and plant the bulbs densely on slopes, median strips and along both sides of roads. “Many people prefer pockets of individual daffodil varieties that show their colors all at once,” Curless said. “The drawback with that is that the display will be brief. “Others choose bulb blends with a combination of early and late blooms. Blends provide a rolling display of golden colors as you’re passing by, even though some of the early blooms will be spent. “It’s simply a matter of taste,” he said. Don’t prune too early. Perennial bulbs need a long dormancy period after they finish flowering — a chance to regenerate. Without that, they’re likely to be colorless the folSee Daffodils p. 2D
This 2014 photo provided by Christopher Harley for Colorblends shows Daffodils photographed in a roadside setting in New London, Conn. Daffodils are rodent proof, need little care and will return to bloom year after year. They provide plenty of impact in otherwise drab early spring settings. Massed daffodil plantings make curbside viewing look golden. (AP photo)
These 2017 photos provided by Scripps Networks, LLC show a kitchen designed by Brian Patrick Flynn. The kitchen features a L-shaped perimeter design with lower cabinets painted a rich shade of navy blue, a style choice that has become increasingly popular in recent months. (AP photos)
ASK A DESIGNER: Bold color on kitchen cabinets is a thing
By MELISSA RAYWORTH Associated Press Conventional wisdom says to use neutral colors or simple wood stains for anything as permanent as kitchen cabinets. Homeowners craving a burst of color have generally been advised to bring it in through easily changeable items like curtains or seat cushions. But home-design TV shows and blogs are changing that calculus by showing colorful, painted kitchen cabinets that look like a commitment worth making. Lately, “the natural materials are just not satisfying people,” says designer and apartmenttherapy.com founder Maxwell Ryan. “People are loving contrast right now,” including kitchens with bold colors and stark contrasts of black and white. Designer Brian Patrick Flynn recently filled the kitchen of HGTV’s new “Urban Oasis” giveaway house with bright blue cabinets and a blue island in the center of the room. This cheerful color fills the room with energy in a way that traditional stained-wood cabinets couldn’t. “I think designers love painted cabinetry in kitchens because, as opposed to wood, it’s the strongest way to create a defined palette,” Flynn says. “It’s a great way to really add tons of personality to a space that’s more about task than it is decoration.” Here, Ryan, Flynn and Massachusetts-based designer Kristina Crestin offer advice on how to fill a kitchen with on-trend colorful cabinetry while still having a room you’ll love for years to come. COLORFUL COMPROMISES “Do you want it to be timeless and you might always love it but might never be jazzed about it?” asks Crestin. Neutral cabinets, especially white ones, remain a safe and popular bet. But she says homeowners who are drawn to bolder colors and use them
thoughtfully often end up happy. Sometimes, the answer is putting color on only half the cabinets. “Since I’m a fan of going big, I can go with fire-engine red cabinets all over and never flinch,” Flynn says. “However, if a client is hesitant about that much color in the kitchen, I’m a fan of doing the lower cabinets or just the island cabinets in a color, then going white or gray with the others.” This approach, he say, “will balance out the intensity of the cabinets and also make sure there is some visual breathing room so the eye can rest.” Colorful lower cabinets can also look great combined with open shelving on top, Ryan says. Or paint the lower cabinets black, and then tile or paint the wall behind the upper, open shelving in a bold color you love. “If you can get away with less storage,” Ryan says, this openshelf approach makes small kitchens feel larger, while the colorful wall behind the shelves adds personality without being as overpowering as a full room of color-
ful cabinets. Pairing bold cabinets with natural elements like slate or stone flooring and countertops can also make this look easier to live with long-term, says Crestin. EMBRACING THE BLUES Although black cabinets are trendy (Ryan just did his kitchen with black cabinets and white countertops), Crestin says many homeowners fall in love with a blue kitchen. Blue shades, especially navy, can feel “historical and timeless,” she says, but also a bit more exciting than basic wood or crisp white. A stately navy blue is a safe bet that can then be enlivened further in ways that are risk-free, like “layering on a spring green or chartreuse” through dish towels and curtains. CHOOSING YOUR SHADE “My rule for choosing the right color is to stick with those that have gray, white or black undertones, versus those with yellow or yellow-beige undertones,” Flynn says. “Once the sun goes down and you use your interior lights, the color will probably read somewhat true to its values. However, those with beige undertones when mixed with artificial light will instantly read way more muddy than intended.” If you’re ordering new cabinets, ask about getting a custom paint color for a slightly higher charge (probably as much as a 20 percent upgrade) rather than settling for a shade you don’t love, says Crestin. If it’s not possible to order the exact color you want, consider ordering cabinets unpainted and hiring a painter once they arrive. Or if you’re comfortable with ambitious DIY projects, you could paint new or old cabinets yourself. But Ryan points out that while older cabinets made of solid wood can be sanded and painted successfully, the results are often different with cheaper ones.
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This 2013 photo provided by Christian Curless for Colorblends shows Daffodils planted in large scale on slopes, near Watertown, Conn. Daffodils are particularly dramatic in spring. The bulbs will naturalize if located in sunny spots where the soil drains well. Daffodil drifts can become “golden roads” for drive-by viewing. (AP photo)
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lowing year, what Curless calls “blind plants.” “You’ll get a good first year but after that, everything is problematic,” he said. “They won’t necessarily flower if conditions aren’t right.” Fertilizing is a challenging subject, Curless said. Don’t overdo it. “We’re having problems in this country
with leeching of indiscriminate fertilizing,” he said. “In general, daffodils are not needing fertilizer. Test the soil.” ___ Online: For more about spring-flowering bulbs, see this University of Minnesota Extension fact sheet: https://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-garden/flowers/spring-flowering-bulbs/ You can contact Dean Fosdick at deanfosdick@netscape.net
Fall is a great season to create a ‘cabinet of curiosities’ By KATIE WORKMAN Associated Press Digging around in a favorite flea market a couple of years ago, I found a handmade, compartmentalized box that someone had lovingly crafted from wood, probably 100 years ago. It looked like it could have been a tool kit, fishing tackle box or something a builder would use. Undeterred by the fact that I had no need for any of those things, I bought it. But it looked a little forlorn empty, so I decided to create a “cabinet of curiosities,” with autumn as a theme. I started with a few colorful fall leaves and a polished acorn. Later came a birds’ nest that had been vacated earlier that summer from a nook under a woodshed roof. A long, skinny pinecone. A pressed flower that fell out of an old cookbook. Some beautiful stones. A canary yellow squash, a ruddy pomegranate, a seckel pear. To these natural objects, I added an old recipe booklet from a company called Worcester Ivory Salt (my husband is from Worcester, Massachusetts) and a century-old butter-making paddle. Little cocktail forks. Some old glass bottles with interesting shapes. The box sits on the counter underneath our living room windows, and every day I look at it and feel a little sigh of pleasure. I love that I know exactly where each item came from, and that the collection is always evolving and will never be “done.” So what exactly IS a cabinet of curiosities? The idea goes back at least to Renaissance Europe, where “wonder rooms” full of knickknacks and oddities from nature were created for study, inspiration and contemplation.
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This Sept. 21 photo provided by Katie Workman shows a “cabinet of curiosities,” with touches of Autumn, inside a home in New York. Fall is a great time to create a “cabinet of curiosities,” an idea that goes back centuries. You collect and display knickknacks and oddities, often but not exclusively from nature, for study, inspiration, contemplation or conversation. (AP photo) Often these collections were gathered on one’s travels, and then displayed. Imagine a Pinterest board of quirky natural objects come to life. These days, a cabinet of curiosities might include all sorts of collectibles. They can be housed in any kind of box, on shelves, maybe in an actual cabinet with a glass door. The cabinet of curiosities can sit on a counter or be mounted on a wall. It’s a wonderful conversation piece, since many items probably have stories behind them. A stone from a trip to the Hawaii, a peacock feather from a hike in Australia, or just a discarded snake skin from an expedition in the woods behind your house. Fall is the perfect time to consider creating your own cabinet of curiosities. How to begin? Yolanda Edwards, creative director at Conde Nast
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Traveler and Brides magazines, is an avid collector who takes her cues directly from nature. “In the fall, I like the idea of collecting fallen things, like the first red leaf I spot, feathers, porcupine quills, a twig and, if I’m lucky, a nest — all in an autumnal palette,” she says. “I get to bring a moment of the season into the house, and live with it.” Beth and Ryan Fowler, former antiques dealers from New Preston, Connecticut, advise restraint: “When collecting, you want to pick with theme, curation and editing in mind. Not everything that catches your eye should make it into the mix,” they say in an email. “Remember that less is often more, and let the pieces stand on their own as well as amid their group.”
570 M35, Neg This lot has 240’ of frontage and is nicely wooded. (1099988) $13,500 625 W Hampton St, Mqt Beautiful 3 bedroom home! Spacious kitchen with breakfast bar, dining room, large living room, office, master suite with a large walk in closet, walk out basement with storage and family room. Back deck and oversized two car attached garage! (1103049) $315,900 723 Cleveland Ave, Ish This large 3 bedroom, 2 bath home is perfect for a handy man to fix up! Quiet street, large back yard, deck and master bedroom on first floor! (1098976) $32,000
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