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Trending on Remodelista: 5 Ideas for Pre–Spring Cleaning
A February thaw teased the Remodelista editors with visions of spring—and spring cleaning—this week. And why not? With a little sleuthing, the mundane can be elevated to magnificent. See our editors’...
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Succulents Explained: How to Identify and Grow Sempervivums
Sempervivums, which are a type of succulents, are the topic today as we continue on our mission to keep our succulents alive and happy indoors and out. The first step to taking good care of a...
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Current Obsessions: The Water Garden
What we’re taking note of this week, from a master class with a gardening rock star to a luxurious plant-fiber scrub towel and more. Above: Spotted: the window display at Philly shop Rikumo, inspired...
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Hardscaping 101: Decomposed Granite
With a remodel and a garden design project under way, I’ve been researching how to simplify garden maintenance and cut back on water usage. And I keep hearing more and more about the advantages of...
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10 Easy Pieces: Wooden Window Boxes
Whoever invented the window box deserves a Nobel Prize, even if it means creating a new awards category. A simple wooden planter mounted on the wall is equally useful to an urban gardener with no other...
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Urban Gardening: Shade-Tolerant Herbs to Grow in Your Apartment
Buttermilk biscuits with chive butter, egg salad with ribbons of tarragon, iced tea with fresh mint. There are many reasons to love fresh herbs. Sadly, as a city dweller living in a Brooklyn apartment...
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Gardening 101: Hyssop
Hyssop, Hyssopus officinalis: “Ancient Herb, New Friend“ Hyssop is not the most commonly grown herb. Others such as oregano and mint usually win the popularity contests. But that doesn’t have to be. A...
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The Exquisite Egg: Raising Chickens with Style at the Fancy F
Eggs already come in what is surely one of nature’s most inspired versions of packaging. But how to create a container that improves upon the familiar pulp or plastic carton? Catherine (Caity) Delphia...
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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
“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 of plant-based...
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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 get to...
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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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