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Field of Dreams: A New Kind of Farm—for Members—at Noci Sonoma
In 2014 when Chris Adjani and Aria Alpert Adjani stumbled upon a forgotten and unloved former vineyard on Dry Creek Road in Healdsburg, California, the couple knew they’d found the perfect place to...
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Gardening 101: Chamomile
Chamomile, Matricaria chamomilla: “Calming Companion” Chamomile is truly a plant with a purpose. Dating to ancient times, its usefulness as a medicinal herb is well documented. And while most people...
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10 Easy Pieces: Herb Drying Racks
Winter doesn’t have to mean turning from your fresh herb garden to the dried herb section at the market. Be your own Spice Islands. Preserve your own herbs with one of the oldest methods around:...
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10 Ideas to Steal from Chefs’ Gardens Around the World
A plant-based diet is good for anybody. And who better than chefs to know the ins and outs of incorporating edibles into any garden design? From the idyllic eight-acre gardens at the restored Cape...
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A Modernist’s Outdoor Kitchen: Low-Tech, High Style from WWOO in the Netherlands
Our favorite outdoor kitchen design of all time? We devoted a chapter in our Gardenista book to Netherlands-based WWOO Kitchens (now available in the US) and here’s why: Dutch designer Piet-Jan van den...
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Gardening 101: Dill
Dill, Anethum graveolens: “Ancient Aromatic” I can’t count how many times I have stood over a green, ferny plant and asked, “Is this dill or fennel?” The solution is to pinch off a leaf and smell it—a...
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Plant-Based Diet: 5 Veggie Substitutes for Pasta
Chickpea Rotini“Vegetable-based pasta” is technically a misnomer. The word “pasta” has etymologic roots in a 19th-century Italian description of wheat paste, after all. But that hasn’t stopped hordes...
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The Wildcrafting Brewer: A Guide for Botanical Alchemists
Terroir-blazing forager and botanical alchemist Pascal Baudar has written a thirst-quenching new book. The subtitle of The Wildcrafting Brewer sums it up: Creating Unique Drinks and Boozy Concoctions...
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10 Easy Pieces: Glass Teapots
The beauty of steeping tea in a glass pot is manifold: You’ll always know how strong your tea is, you can see how much you have left, and—as illustrated in today’s story on Tisanes—you’ll get to watch...
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Tisanes: Easy Teas You Can Grow, with 7 Tips from Emily Erb
The world’s first cup of tea was a fluke. Emperor Shen Nung sat beneath a Camellia sinensis shrub on a windy day in 2737 B.C., and when he looked down into his boiling water after a particularly hearty...
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10 Easy Pieces: Picnic-Style Dining Tables
If you want to get technical, the reason a classic picnic table looks the way it does—with splayed legs and cross braces— is because the original was designed to support the weight of attached benches....
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Trending on Remodelista: 5 Interior Design Ideas to Steal from Germany
This week the Remodelista editors borrowed ideas from Berlin and beyond. Here are five of their favorite German design trends to import. German-Made Kitchen Tools Above: Julie rounds up 13 German-Made...
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Modern-Day Canning: Everything You Need to Know, Step by Step
With the abundance of grocery stores and fresh markets today, I never fully understood why anyone would choose to spend hours toiling over the canning process. That is, until I grew a garden of my own....
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Current Obsessions: Cinephile
A look at what’s on our radar, this first weekend of March and looking toward spring: Above: Screenings al fresco. Photograph from Garden Muse: A Remodeled Retreat Stays True to Its Roots on Menorca....
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Expert Advice: 10 Tips to Get Your Garden Ready for Spring
Waiting for spring can make you as antsy as waiting for Christmas when you were a kid. Will it ever get here? And then it arrives suddenly…and there’s no more luxurious time to scheme or dream. We...
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9 Secrets to Growing Succulent Plants Indoors
I’ve killed every succulent I’ve ever attempted to grow. Things start off well enough, but a few weeks after I bring one into my home, it starts to look spindly and sad before it gives up and dies....
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Gardening 101: Crocus
Crocus, Crocus: “The Early Riser” What will heaven look like when we get there? Emily Dickinson predicted a springtime Resurrection, with “the feet of people walking home” amid clumps of crocuses....
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10 Garden Ideas to Steal from Instagram
Remember when gardens were outdoors instead of on Instagram? Maybe we can compromise. I spent a couple of hours on the sofa flipping through photos (#itsajob), the modern way to travel around the world...
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10 Easy Pieces: Portable Greenhouses
Is a portable greenhouse the best weapon in a spring garden? My friend Kate, who grew up in Wisconsin where the growing season is very short, recommends germinating seeds in a mini greenhouse on a...
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Rethinking Quince: Styling a Classic Spring Blossom
Quince is often the first sign of spring at the flower market. I breathe a deep sigh of relief upon the first sighting. You can’t go wrong with a large glass vase full of these architectural blossoms...
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