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DIY: A Family Friendly Vegetable Garden (Chickens Optional)
Some people make it look so easy. On late summer afternoons, blogger Christine Chitnis heads to her community garden plot to tend her vegetables—toddler in tow. "This part of my day is so idyllic," she...
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Colorful Woven Harvest Baskets from Barebones
Impervious to rain, dampness, and the occasional misdirected hose, a set of harvest baskets from Barebones (woven from durable sea grass) is welcome in our garden: Above: Individually woven from...
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A Kit to Turn Your Kitchen into a Goat Cheese Creamery
Tucked in the town of Elkmont in rural Alabama, Belle Chevre has been making French-style goat cheese for the past 20 years. The award-winning southern artisan goat cheese creamery shares secrets and...
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12 Tips for Growing Cutting Flowers from Barberry Hill Farm
Twenty years ago, when Kelly and Kingsley Goddard started farming together on the land that Kingsley's family had owned for generations, Kelly wanted to introduce cut flowers to the robust vegetable...
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The Races Are Tight with Only 5 Days Left to Vote
The countdown is on: There are only five days left to choose your favorites in the first annual Remodelista + Gardenista Considered Design Awards. Races are tight in many categories, so make your vote...
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The Most Glamorous Cows in England
As I drove away from Daylesford Organic Farm last week, having visited the food shop, kitchen and garden shop, restaurant, cooking school, spa and clothing boutique—each with its own enticing smell—I...
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Driveway Fruit Tarts: A Love Story
The first time I met Julie, I brought a Driveway Fruit Tart to her house for dinner. "I still remember," Julie said the other day. "You remember when we met?" I asked, flattered. "No, I remember the...
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Picking Fruit the Easy Way
Forget unstable ladders, questionable tactics like your child's lacrosse stick (I've seen my neighbor try this method, only to send lemons off into other yards), or waiting for fruit to drop with a...
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Farmers' Markets Across America: New York, New York
For our last farmers' market profile of the week, we headed to the Big Apple. Union Square Greenmarket in New York City is one of the nation's largest farmers' markets. Started with just a handful of...
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Vote for the Best Architectural Garden Feature in the Gardenista Considered...
Follow the link below to vote for the Gardenista finalists in the Best Architectural Garden Feature category, designed by professionals. You can vote once a day in each category now through July 15. On...
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In the News: Top 5 Remodelista Posts of the Week
With house guests on the horizon (more on that topic coming in Monday's "Domestic Dispatches"), I was especially grateful to Remodelista this week for offering inventive suggestions about how to...
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10 Summer Cabins from Members of the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory
If "cabin" for you conjures small and humble, then admittedly we use the term broadly. Here, ten homes that speak the cabin vernacular; some in east coast style, some west, but all summery,...
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The Ultimate UK Getaway: 1 Hour From London, But a World Away at Gravetye Manor
For those of us who crave an English arcadia with the prospect of high tea, Gravetye Manor in West Sussex (one hour away from London by train) would be a fine choice. For garden historians, this...
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10 Essential Tips for Surviving House Guests
I didn't have to get tough on house guests until word got out, a few years back, that I was moving to New York City. When you live in Manhattan, suddenly you become a destination. "I'm coming to you...
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Last Chance to Vote for Your Favorites in the Gardenista Considered Design...
We're thrilled to report that we received more than 500 entries to the inaugural Remodelista and Gardenista Considered Design Awards. After lengthy deliberation, our editors have chosen the finalists....
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DIY: Make a Flower Crown, from Tigers to Lilies
Spotted on Tigers and Lilies, flower crowns fashioned by Lili Cuzor and fit for a queen (like you or me): Photographs by Lili Cuzor. Above: You can make a crown from wisps or woven stems or bouquets of...
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Handsome Bike Baskets for Taking Meals On the Go
Last week my husband and I took a picnic dinner to the first film in the summer movie series at our local park. As per my instructions for hosting a perfect barbecue, we stuffed our picnic basket with...
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Rustic Living on the Beach, in Uruguay
A beach home in Uruguay flaunts lofted ceilings, a wraparound deck, and a kitchen far more chic than yours or mine. This, and more, in one very tiny room. The design employs several space-maximizing...
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Foraging for Dessert: An Afternoon with Tama Matsuoka Wong
Tama Matsuoka Wong is a self-described weed eater. She is also an expert forager, conservationist and author of the cookbook and field guide Foraged Flavor (Clarkson Potter June 2012) which she...
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10 Easy Pieces: Folding Deck Chairs
Nothing could be simpler—or more comfortable—than a folding wooden deck chair. They know this in the South of France. They know this on the beach at Brighton. And we know this at my house, where we...
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