Eveline Macdougall, Author at Greenfield Recorder - Page 17 of 19

Russ and Sandy Thomas created a meditation garden at their Greenfield home that features stonework and plantings. The tree in the background is a Japanese maple “Sango Kaku” (acer palmatum) which displays gorgeous coral bark in winter.

Greenfield book club members delight in a ‘garden walkabout’

by Eveline Macdougall For the RecorderJune 22, 2021

Digging a pond was the first project Mary Chicoine and Glen Ayers did together at their Greenfield home.

From choked jungle to prolific homestead

by Eveline Macdougall For the RecorderJune 8, 2021

Francis “Mac” McMillan recently built a stone walkway at his home on Forest Avenue in Greenfield. A white picket fence complements the blossoms of a flowering apple tree, which shades a couple of tiny ponds.

Homegrown paradise vanquishes a difficult past

by Eveline Macdougall For the RecorderMay 25, 2021

Honey bees fly in and out of an opening at the bottom of a hive belonging to Jeff Blomstedt's hive of Gill.

Bonding over bees

by Eveline Macdougall For the RecorderMay 12, 2021

Alexander Davidson Carroll, of Montague, practices meditation techniques he learned several years ago.

Finding serenity in turbulent times: Local teens engage in Sit Spot practice

by Eveline Macdougall For the RecorderApril 29, 2021

Using nearly every available inch on her modest Gill property, Bonnie Bloom grows many different types of medicinal herbs.

Healing with herbs

by Eveline Macdougall For the RecorderApril 14, 2021

The Melulenis of Coyote Hill Farm in Bernardston incorporated large windows when they built their home, maximizing solar gain.

A dream home come true in Bernardston

by Eveline Macdougall For the RecorderMarch 30, 2021

Aspen is an example of a tree native to Franklin County.

Cultivating native habitat

by Eveline Macdougall For the RecorderMarch 16, 2021

Wisty Rorabacher tending plants in the second-story porch she and her partner Judy Draper use as a greenhouse substitute.

Dreaming of gardens

by Eveline Macdougall For the RecorderMarch 3, 2021

Alan Rulewich, of Bernardston, purchased this reel-to-reel recorder while serving in the Army and used it to record Adrian Cronauer, the Armed Forces Radio Service disc jockey who inspired the film “Good Morning, Vietnam.”

Filling a home with music

by Eveline Macdougall For the RecorderFebruary 17, 2021