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Garden Tech: A ‘Smart’ Irrigation Controller That Can Change Your Life
When you’re watering a garden, smart irrigation controllers take away the guesswork. They even check the weather forecast in your neighborhood before deciding how much water to give your plants. The...
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Gardening 101: White Ash Tree
White Ash, Fraxinus americana: “Biltmore Ash” If you are a sports-loving person, you have no doubt enjoyed the bounty of the American ash tree which for generations has provided the raw material for...
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Trending on Remodelista: 5 Shades of Gray for Winter
This week the Remodelista editors experimented with color—and discovered the warming powers of the perfect shade of gray. Here are their five favorite design ideas for adding warmth with a dash of...
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Curb Appeal: 11 Ways to Make Your House Look Welcoming in Winter
Put down that cup of tea, throw on a coat, and head outdoors to take a good look at your house from the street. In the weak light of November, do you see room for improvement? Here are 11 foolproof...
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Current Obsessions: First Frost
A zero-waste cooking event on the streets of Paris to a four-hundred-year-old garden for sale, here are TK things to know about this weekend. Above: Frost only adds charm to the late-fall garden....
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10 Things Nobody Tells You About Compost
Does composting have a dark side? Let’s just say I’ve made a few mistakes. There was the time, for instance, when my husband and I decided to mix the materials in the compost bin to speed up the...
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Object of Desire: Bamboo Countertop Composter
If you live in an apartment, you can make compost on your kitchen countertop (your house plants will thank you) with an odor-free compost bucket made of bamboo: Above: Made of biodegradable bamboo...
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Everything You Need to Know About Houseplant Vines
A houseplant vine can become curtains on a window, or add a layer of texture to a bare brick wall, or inject life into a sterile, tiled bathroom—if only you can convince it to actually grow indoors....
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10 Easy Pieces: Colorful Garden Hoses
After a visit to London’s Kew Gardens earlier this year, one scene stands out in my memory: A brilliant flash of yellow garden hose snaked through the glasshouse floor while jumpsuit-clad gardeners...
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Garden Hacks: 10 Genius Ideas to Keep Plants Warm in Winter
Do plants need blankets in winter? Ideally not. “The true time to assist a plant that can be hurt by cold is before you plant it,” the gardening columnist Henry Mitchell believed. What he meant by that...
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Gardening 101: Cape Rush Grass
Cape Rush, Chondropetalum Cape rush may be what you are looking for if your garden calls out for a plant that looks like an ornamental grass, but doesn’t behave like one at season’s end. Maybe you want...
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Your First Garden: What You Need to Know About Cutting Back Perennials in the...
The notion of putting a garden to bed for the winter really resonates me. I’m not someone who has sleep issues, but the quality of my slumber is hugely affected by whether I’ve adequately prepared for...
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A Glass Watering Bulb That Can Change Your Life
Made of borosilicate laboratory glass and blown by mouth, a watering bulb from Italy-based design house Ichendorf Milano will mesmerize you when the sunlight hits at just the right angle. Added...
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Bespoke Vegetables: 7 Very Special Edibles Every Cook Should Grow
Chef Dan Barber has a thing for gourds—and tubers, and peppers, and … well, just about any vegetable he serves at his sustainable-foods restaurant Blue Hill at Stone Barns in New York’s Hudson River...
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Trending on Remodelista: 5 Kitchen Design Tips for Old-Fashioned Holidays
In the rush to embrace technology, we sometimes forget that new does not always mean improved. This week the Remodelista editors prepared for the upcoming holidays by reacquainting themselves with some...
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Current Obsessions: At the Table
Swags delivered to your door and a last-minute foraged arrangement: Here are 9 things to know about this pre-holiday weekend. Above: You’ve got the turkey, fixings, serving platters, and plenty of...
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10 Things Nobody Tells You About Herbs
The dictionary definition of herb: “any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume.” But there’s so much more to know, isn’t there? Just when you thought you...
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Gardening 101: Rosa Rugosa
Rugosa Rose, Rosa rugosa: “Wrinkled Rose” As weeds go, the Rugosa rose is even-handed, giving as much as it takes. Considered invasive on the shores of New England, its long period of...
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Zero Waste Thanksgiving: Vegetable Broth, with Help from the Garden
Ever since a rat leapt from deep within the compost as my husband was pitchforking a layer of food waste into the grass clippings, we’ve become what you might describe as reluctant to add our dinner...
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10 Easy Pieces: Mechanical Doorbells
For the satisfying sound of a retro doorbell, look to the period-style mechanical bell with a round gong in chrome or brass. Although mostly available in Germany or the UK, the bells are still being...
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