On the last Saturday of October, it still did not feel like fall. Only the honey locusts were dropping their golden leaves, and it was so warm that working in the garden in a T-shirt felt just right. Insects were out and about. Most notably, we are… Continue Reading
I wanted to write about compost for quite a while. Compost is important, it is what keeps a garden growing. Our garden is getting compost from GreenThumb (the NYC community garden umbrella organization) and from the city’s sanitation department. We… Continue Reading
Some of our beloved summer flowers are those from the milkweed family. We like them for their pretty flowers and because they are the exclusive food for America’s most popular butterfly, the monarch. We grow a couple of native species… Continue Reading
On Sunday September 24, Barbara taught the second workshop for making mosaic stepping stones. Below, you can see what we set out to make. The colorful tiles on this stepping stone are shards from flawed ceramic plates and bowls that Barbara and… Continue Reading