Gardens and Gardening

April 30, 2020
Published by Molly Oswaks at April 30, 2020
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People Have Gone Full 1800s

“I’ve gone full Victorian,” said Rhian Rees, 34, of flower pressing, a childhood hobby she’s rediscovered in quarantine. “It feels like we’re back in the old […]
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April 28, 2020
Published by MARGARET ROACH at April 28, 2020
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Shopping Your Garden

Armed with a Japanese weeding knife and my favorite trowel, I’m currently shopping in my own garden, as I do each spring, carefully scouting for the […]
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April 24, 2020
Published by MARGARET ROACH at April 24, 2020
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The Easier Way to Make a Garden Bed

I’ve tried various methods of making a garden bed. Years ago, I invested in building a raised-bed vegetable garden with rot-resistant 2-by-12 lumber. It has served […]
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April 21, 2020
Published by MARGARET ROACH at April 21, 2020
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In a Chaotic Season, Where to Begin Your Spring Cleanup?

Despite my decades of gardening practice, I feel frantic every April — and never more so than in the chaotic spring of 2020, when the normally […]
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March 11, 2020
Published by PENELOPE GREEN at March 11, 2020
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The King of D.I.Y. Dwellings

BOLINAS, Calif. — Self-sufficiency is like perfection, said Lloyd Kahn, the guru of guerrilla architecture and dean of all things D.I.Y. “You never quite get there, […]
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February 14, 2020
Published by STEVEN KURUTZ at February 14, 2020
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You Can Pay People to Style Your Houseplants

Growing up in California, Orion Tait used to watch his father’s weekend housekeeping routine. “Sunday was loud music — Neil Young — and my dad going […]
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February 14, 2020
Published by STEVEN KURUTZ at February 14, 2020
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You Can Pay People to Style Your Houseplants

Growing up in California, Orion Tait used to watch his father’s weekend housekeeping routine. “Sunday was loud music — Neil Young — and my dad going […]
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December 27, 2017
Published by GUY TREBAY at December 27, 2017
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Make Mine the Burlap Wrap

How excessive staffing, little competition, generous contracts and archaic rules dramatically inflate capital costs for transit in New York. Workers in the East Side Access tunnel, […]
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July 6, 2017
Published by SHEILA MARIKAR at July 6, 2017
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Encounters: Tiptoeing (and Tweeting) Through the Tulips With DJ Khaled

Encounters By SHEILA MARIKAR BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — On the first day of summer, two days before the release of his new album, “Grateful,” the hip-hop […]
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April 30, 2017
Published by MARGARET ROACH at April 30, 2017
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Understanding What Makes Plants Happy

Thomas Rainer and I have both been doing the botanical thing for decades; we know, and use, many of the same plants — and even much […]
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