Country Gardens – July 2019

38 COUNTRY GARDENS // FA LL 2019 That’s Bill Elliott’s short answer for how he and his wife, Eileen, find themselves surrounded ...

KEEP THE FOOD COMING “When the early spinach is fi nished, the storage carrots go in,” Bill says. “We try to time it for June 15 ...

Bill stacked stones for terraced beds and splurged on cut stone edging for the pathways through the garden. One of the beauties ...

‘‘BACK WHEN WE STARTED, YOU COULDN’T BUY QUALITY FOOD. WE HAD TO GROW OUR OWN.’’ — EILEEN ELLIOTT 41 COUNTRY GARDENS // FA LL 20 ...

FOIL THE COMPETITION “Because mice, voles, and chipmunks target our edamame, we corral that crop into a cold frame to dissuade n ...

43 COUNTRY GARDENS // FA LL 2019 WORK WITH THE LAND “Because we have rocky soil with massive boulders, we put raised beds on the ...

Beds of annuals and perennials abound, and blooms spilling from hanging pots adorn the Elliotts’ singularly handsome woodshed. ...

45 COUNTRY GARDENS // FA LL 2019 FLOWER POWER “We let the poppies seed themselves and they’re all afl utter with pollinators,” E ...

Julie Lindquist’s garden shed is the fourth she has built. (The first—a 6×9-foot structure for her sister’s garden—was featured ...

47 COUNTRY GARDENS // FA LL 2019 WITH CAN-DO SPIRIT AND A KNACK FOR REIMAGINING VINTAGE FINDS, A WISCONSIN GARDENER DESIGNED HER ...

48 COUNTRY GARDENS // FA LL 2019 Julie Lindquist had no need for the two vintage arched windows and old door leaning against a w ...

“I LIKE CUTE JUNK ... I’M NOT FORMAL. I’M MORE INTO THE REPURPOSED.” — JULIE LINDQUIST 4 5 6 7 ...

1 Turned on its side and fastened to a shelf, a vintage pitcher becomes a birdhouse. 2 Drainage holes are the only additional to ...

BUILDING PERSONALITY Garden sheds serve a practical purpose, but there’s room for play too. Julie Lindquist has tea with grandki ...

WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY ROSEMARY BURGHER PHOTOGRAPHY BY KRITSADA STYLED BY NICK CROW Grow your own collection of Victorian potte ...

10" 8½" PITCHER PLATE + Unmarked // probably American Late 19th century Not all majolica was used as serviceware. Finer pieces, ...

54 COUNTRY GARDENS // FA LL 2019 W hen I was maybe 6 or 7 years old, a single emerald green Wedgwood cabbage-leaf plate stole my ...

The “nipper”—a small corked fl ask—was made specifi cally to hold moonshine made from corn mash. Counterintuitive to our impress ...

Marked “Etruscan” (Griffen, Smith and Hill) American // late 19th century Poorly paid young women were often employed to paint t ...

57 COUNTRY GARDENS // FA LL 2019 attendees, and soon imitators and innovators (including pottery designers from Wedgwood, with U ...