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The Foodie Bugle: A Brash Upstart is Already a Must-Read
Some people say, and some people do. When Silvana de Soissons says that she is planning a shop, you know it will happen. She already writes, teaches cookery, organizes lecture events in inspiring...
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5 Quick Fixes: Outdoor Lanterns
Candlelight was the first—and for centuries, only—truly reliable source of flattering illumination at outdoor dinner parties. No more. Here are five up-to-date lanterns, all of which use...
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A Garden Lovely Enough to Inspire Art
When Frances Palmer walks out the door of her barn and potter's studio in Weston, Connecticut, the first thing she sees is her garden, 50 feet in diameter, fenced against the deer—with great...
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DIY: Train a Wisteria Vine Not to Eat the House
I always walk past my wisteria briskly—show no fear—and sometimes when I talk to it, I say, "You are a plant. I am the human. I am in charge." But neither the wisteria nor I really believed that was...
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Stylish Storage: A Powder Coated Tool Rack
Spotted via Williams-Sonoma Agrarian, a steel tool rack capable of holding 33 pounds. That's a lot of trowel: Above: A Steel Tool Rack powder coated in hunter green is suitable for a potting shed or...
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DIY: A Mint Julep for Derby Day That's All About the Mint
Six years ago—long before Brooklyn or blogging—I found myself sitting in a meeting in a tiny regional historical society in North Carolina discussing Derby Day. I nodded my head cheerfully and said...
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One of the Finest Living Examples of a Walled Garden in the Land
"This may take a while as I need to write everything out by hand," says Monty, co-owner of The Walled Nursery in Kent. The "cash machine" isn't working. It would be odd if it did. Standing in the old...
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Design Sleuth: Potted Olive Tree
Move over, potted citrus trees. Lacy-leafed olive trees are less finicky indoors and, arguably, more elegant. Don't you agree? We spotted this particularly stalwart example of an olive tree trained as...
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Joshua Tree National Park: Not Your Mother's Arboretum
We spotted them first from the car as we drove into Joshua Tree National Park, the unique plants for which the park is named. They looked like giants got up in green rumba shirts frozen in some strange...
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Derby Day Recipe: Take One Julep Cup, Add Mint And...A Peony
In case you haven't already become acquainted, julep cups are those sturdy-looking sterling silver or pewter vessels used to mix icy, sugary juleps to enjoy on warm summer evenings. If you're a...
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Mystery Revealed: How to Grow Things in Perfectly Straight Rows
Mark out straight lines on paths and garden beds with two pegs and a piece of twine: Above: A Pegit by Nutscene, which consists of two beech pegs and twine (natural color, not green), is $30 from...
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Killer Kudzu: 5 Ways to Defeat the Vine That's Eating the Eastern Seaboard
With nicknames like "the vine that ate the south," kudzu is a force to be reckoned with. Introduced to the United States in 1876 at an exposition in Philadelphia as an ornamental plant, and later...
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10 Ways to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo
Just when the weather starts to feel like a party, Cinco de Mayo gives us an urgent reason to throw one: Above: Photograph via Amy Merrick. In fact, it might be warm enough to throw the season's...
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Camping, Serengeti Safari Style
True confession: I camp. I found "roughing it" charming when I was dating my husband, and terrifying after we were married. I had not realized that camping on a beach in Baja with no one around was...
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The English Gardener: His and Hers, Harold and Vita
He does the hedges; she does the flowers. He might do the vegetables and she might mow the lawn, but only if there is no other option. What is it about gardening that brings out gender stereotypes? On...
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11 Ways to Make Your Garden Dog Friendly
You can tell a lot about a dog's personality by the way he digs in your garden. Take my dogs, for instance. Larry is like Peter Rabbit, with little white paws uprooting a clump of pansies as he shoots...
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An Edible Garden on Wheels
I love a garden I can push around. Thank you, Santa Monica-based FoodMap Design, for a planter on wheels—easy to move indoors if the weather is bad or just to the far end of the patio, to get a few...
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Would Spring Still Smell Like Spring Without Lily of the Valley?
Lily of the Valley surrounded the base of a tree that my sisters and I called our fort in our yard when we were growing up. Well-suited to shady spots under trees, Lily of the Valley is surprisingly...
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Space-Saving Stepladder Plant Stands
Why should you be deprived of having a garden just because you don't have a garden? For apartment dwellers who live on top of their neighbors, a clever idea is to suggest that houseplants do the same....
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An English Gardener's Diary: Spring at Last
This is only my second installment from England, and I had reckoned on writing to you all sooner, but something extraordinary happened. Spring didn’t, well, spring for a long time. England remained...
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