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Steal This Look: Michelle Obama's White House Garden
One cold, windy morning three years ago, First Lady Michelle Obama grabbed a pitchfork and joined 23 fifth-graders on the White House lawn to do something no one had dared since World War II: They dug...
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Stalking the Wild Fig
The French writer Paul Valéry is quoted as stating, “You may deprive me of anything you like except coffee, cigarettes, and figs.” I'm with him on the figs. There’s nothing as decadent as a box of...
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The Bees of Buckingham Palace
On the roof of London's legendary shop Fortnum and Mason live four colonies of bees. The flat, noisy space, with air vents, cooking odors, and no view to speak of, is lacking in glamor. Do the bees...
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Dinner—and a Bed—at the World's Most Beautiful Goat Farm
When you go on vacation to a place like France, everyone you know who has ever been there will weigh in with suggestions about what you should see or do. Much of the advice will be the sort of generic...
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DIY: Moroccan Preserved Lemons
I am a firm believer in the idea that when life gives you lemons, you should preserve them. Moroccan-style preserved lemons (known as l'hamd marakad) add an essential tartness to your culinary...
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The Magic Pasta Ingredient
Adding a handful of fresh herbs and edible flower petals to dough will infuse pasta with so much flavor that the only additions you need to turn the dish into a meal are a little butter (OK, a lot of...
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Steal This Look: Traditional Cottage Garden
When I was a girl and slept at my grandmother's house, we stayed up to watch John Wayne movies. This was how, at an impressionable age and a very late hour, I happened for the first time to see...
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The English Garden: Edible Florals
Nasturtium petals in salad, borage in ice cubes, a cake strewn with roses and dianthus: We've been eating flowers in our house since Sarah Raven suggested it in her book The Great Vegetable Plot. In...
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DIY: Weeds You Can Eat
I’m not supposed to love feral fennel, but I can't help it. Sure, it's a weed. But with feathery fronds and bright clusters of flowers, fennel fills the air with a scent of anise. Grilled fennel bulbs...
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How to Restore a (Rather Large) Kitchen Garden
The walls around the kitchen garden at Holkham Hall in Norfolk are big, and tall, and really very long. They enclose six-and-a-half acres, once intensely productive but abandoned by the mid 20th...
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The Reluctant Gardener: Christine's London Oasis
The secret to a successful garden? Know thyself and definitely know thy limitations. We arrived in London 17 years ago, urban to the core. As New York architects, we had a deep and extensive knowledge...
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DIY: Stalking the Delicious Wild Radish
If you’ve noted clusters of lavender and yellow wildflowers blooming in sunny fields, you might be looking at the delicious wild radish. In late summer and early autumn, foragers seek wild radishes...
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The Secret to Perfect Grilled Fish
The secret ingredient in British food editor Allan Jenkins' grilled fish is his garden. At his Danish summerhouse, Jenkins grows French tarragon, thyme, rosemary, and marjoram. He throws a handful of...
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DIY: Envy-Inducing Planters (Spray Paint Is Involved)
I have the sort of family that perks up at the first whiff of a DIY project. Mention there might be spray paint involved, and they practically leap off the couch to compete for the honor of hosing...
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The Beekeeper Diaries: Rob Keller Does Not Get Stung (Today)
"I have all that protective stuff, but I really hate to wear it," Rob Keller said as he gently lifted the lid of a hive to peer inside at its 20,000 or so occupants. I took a step back."Gorgeous,...
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5 Favorites: British Front Doors with Style
A door with no information in England is a door which probably belongs to: a) someone very grand, whose address is possibly "xx Hall, in the County of xx" or b) a person who has posted all the...
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DIY: Lavender Soda
Lavender is a perfect plant. It's fragrant, it's beautiful, bees and hummingbirds love it, it's drought tolerant, and best of all, it's edible. Or, in this case, drinkable. Every summer I harvest a...
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A Chef's Secret Roof Garden: The Fairmont Hotel
Honeybees welcome. On the roof at San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel, Chef J.W. Foster has four hives and an edible garden, growing classic Mediterranean herbs in dozens of raised beds that he raids for...
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Renew With Yew: The Easiest (and Hardiest) Hedge for Your Garden
With its bulky, light-absorbing form and its prevalence in churchyards, one could mistake yew as a symbol of death. The opposite is true: the yew trees are older than many of the ancient churches they...
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DIY: Pruning Fruit Trees in Winter
I know you don't want to think about this—it's cold outside, after all—but now would be a good time to start pruning your fruit trees. They're dormant. They're waiting. You might as well bundle up and...
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