We’re back in Brooklyn after a few days away. Before we left I filled glass bottles with water and jammed them upside down into the freshly saturated soil of my rooftop pots. My hope…
It’s spring break here in New York. Childcare is in short supply, the need for low-stakes projects to keep kids occupied is high, the springtime impulse to clean out and start fresh and pay…
1. these pockets. {and filling them.} 2. this oatmeal. {and the extra big bowlful.} 3. these well-loved gardening supplies. {and eager planters very ready for spring.} 4. this card game. {and one late night…
Our microgreens experiment has only just begun. Freshly sown on their windowsill home, I don’t have anything in the way of sexy shoots to show you. My experience with growing these shoots at home…
five little things that made my week. 1. these peas and beans. {because, well, they’re growing!} 2. this sunscreen. {so. many. recommendations. i bought this one for little guys (plus parents) and it’s not at…
I’ve always been something of a perfectionist apologist. Why not strive for perfection, I’ve thought. A little aspiration never hurt anyone, I’d say. And I still mostly stand by those words. But the problem with…
Who can resist the pull of the pansy? In just a few weeks there will be so much more that’s interesting at the nurseries and farmers’ markets, but for now there are cheery bobbing pansies…
tea sandwiches | goat cheese, cucumber & chive endives | tomatoes, feta, and toasted almonds olives | lemon and salt forget-me-not plates special delivery | butter lane cupcakes cupcakes, sampled on saturday there was…
on friday, my sister and i ducked out of work early to meet at the greenmarket in union square. we picked and chose and carried bags full of plants back to cait’s apartment. and…
there are some things worth jolting out of bed for. january sunlight streaming through newly blossomed paperwhites is one of them. ps. if you have a hankering to see more of these miniature beauties,…