While on vacation last week, we indulged in quite a bit of 2013 hindsight. (I mean, what else do you do while on a sluggish drive from NYC to DC?) This was the year we nurtured our surroundings like never before, experienced an exciting coup,...
Happy Autumn Equinox! It’s hard to believe that we launched just one equinox ago on the cusp of spring — and that the tulips and kumquats of March have been replaced by the blushing apple trees, pickling tips and dahlias on dahlias on dahlias of...
“I think the next Space Race is right in our backyard — our urban and suburban spaces need to be rediscovered and re-imagined,” says artist Joe Wirtheim, founder of the modern propaganda project Victory Garden of Tomorrow. He adds, “There can be power in small, ordinary...
Gardeners go to great lengths for good trellis action. Problem is, the feats of ingenuity that support a climbing plant tend to favor frumpy function over smooth, joyous form. California-based TerraTrellis is here to prove that gardeners can have their scarlet runner beans and eat them too —...
Hold onto your hankies, dear readers: 2013 is shaping up to be one of the worst years on record for allergy sufferers. Not only that, pollen counts are expected to double by 2040. Last winter’s heavy precipitation in particular and climate change in general are contributing...
“I feel like we should be serving fruits right now,” the woman at the box office said, glancing at the theater’s irradiated popcorn machine. This was last Saturday, and we were there to watch The Fruit Hunters, the documentary directed by Yung Chang and based...