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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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In Seattle, An Urban Landscape Designed for Privacy and Indoor/Outdoor Flow
When a young couple found an aging, one-bedroom cottage for sale on the east side of Seattle’s desirable Capitol Hill neighborhood, they looked past its flaws and instead at its generous,...
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10 Easy Pieces: Black Wire Fencing
The little black fence is our new must-have accessory for curb appeal. We’ve long been admirers of the clean, simple lines of hog wire fences, so it’s only natural that we’ve fallen hard for the dark...
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11 Ways to Add Curb Appeal for Under $100
Too many people ignore curb appeal until it’s time to move. Then they spruce up the place for the next residents. How does this make sense? Every time you come home, the sight of your front door should...
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Gardening 101: Dead Nettles
Dead Nettles, Lamium: “Colorful Carpet” I need to start with some honesty. Dead nettle is one of those plants that almost has everything going for it, until it doesn’t. The promise is that Lamiums are...
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Garden Visit: At Home with Winemaker Rosemary Cakebread in St. Helena, CA
Soon after graduating from college, winemaker Rosemary Cakebread and her husband, Bruce, planted a tiny cabernet sauvignon vineyard in St. Helena, California. Three decades later, after a small...
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10 Easy Pieces: Crank Hose Reels
Nothing concludes a satisfying stint in the yard like neatly wrapping up the hose. But a tranquil afternoon of gardening can deteriorate into a sweaty wrestling match if you have to manhandle 100 feet...
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Cut Flowers: How to Help Hellebores Last Longer
Anyone who has seen a hellebore in a garden understands why these charming flowers have recently surged in popularity to become a sought-after ingredient in bridal bouquets, a must-have perennial in a...
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Before & After: Moody Blues for an Elegant Victorian in San Francisco
If anyone other than my friend Amy Lindburg wanted to buy a Victorian two-flat in San Francisco in “almost original condition” with knob-and-tube electrical wiring and no central heat, I would have...
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A Vital Vine: 11 Best Varieties of Ivy
The yearbook at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut is called The Ivy, named after the ivy-covered buildings on the quadrangle. When I arrived there for my junior year, the fustian towers had been...
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Hardscaping 101: Driveway Paving
When designing a garden for a client, I consider every piece in the puzzle: the homeowner, the location of the house, the architecture, the current landscape, the hardscape—and the driveway. While a...
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Required Reading: Brilliant & Wild—A Garden from Scratch in a Year by Lucy...
So much of garden-making is in the long game. Waiting for plants to fill out and to reach their potential can take years. But for anyone with a bare patch of soil or a blank slate of a garden, it’s...
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Trending on Remodelista: 5 Design Ideas to Steal for a Kitchen Remodel
Do they call it a “gut renovation” because its can be gut-wrenching? A kitchen remodel need not upset one’s equilibrium. This week the Remodelista editors tracked down new design trends (and checked in...
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