What I Saw This Summer, Part 6: An Alfresco "Studio"

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The view at Slate Hill Farm in Salem, New York
Sometimes the palette is achieved with pollen. That's the case at Slate Hill Farm, a daylily farm run by Mary and Craig Barnes in Salem, New York, where hybrids come in a beautiful range of hues and configurations, some even resembling orchids. Salem is not far from from Battenville. In fact, I visited with my Battenville hosts Gerald Coble and Bob