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How to Know When a Tree Must Go
If she didn’t topple over, she was on the verge of dropping large sections, he said, and with wood that weighs 80-pounds a square foot...

Marni Jameson
Mar 2, 2020


Love Your Yard Part 3 -- Fake Flora Is Gaining Ground
I never knew so many of you cared. After sharing the landscape plan for my backyard a few weeks ago...

Marni Jameson
Feb 24, 2020


Trend Watch: What’s Not Hot in 2020
Last week, my husband and I went to a fundraiser with a 1980s theme. We saw lots of big hair, padded shoulders, legwarmers (what a stupid...

Marni Jameson
Feb 17, 2020


Want to Love Your Yard? PART 2 – Dream First, Budget Second
Do I need to sell one kidney or two? That was the main question I had as we waited for our landscape designer to send over his estimate...

Marni Jameson
Feb 10, 2020


Want to Love Your Yard? Make a Plan – Part 1
The mud started it. Our three dogs kept tracking it in from the yard. The yard was muddy because the lawn wouldn’t grow. The lawn...

Marni Jameson
Feb 3, 2020


The Color of the Year is… Confusing
In announcing Classic Blue the Color of the Year for 2020, Pantone Color Institute, a leading authority on color trends, stated:...

Marni Jameson
Jan 27, 2020


A Cure for the Holiday Hangover: Own Less Live More
I don’t know about you, but I’ve had enough. Enough buying and spending, getting and giving, eating and, well, consuming in general. I am...

Marni Jameson
Jan 20, 2020


Lessons Learned from 2019 — Part 2
Last week, as we looked back at our first six months of 2019, we talked about inspiration, love, archaeology, blended families...

Marni Jameson
Jan 13, 2020


Lessons Learned from 2019 — Part 1
In keeping with tradition, at the end of every year, I look back on columns I’ve written, the roads we’ve traveled...

Marni Jameson
Jan 6, 2020


When Holidays Collide: How to Decorate the Blended Tree
He wants a real tree. She wants fake. She likes white lights. He wants colored. She wants her carved wood folk ornaments...

Marni Jameson
Dec 30, 2019
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