Archive for June, 2012

By Charity Shumway |

How to Grow Cucumbers (in your Apartment)

Nadia wasn’t lying — you really can grow cucumbers on your terrace, balcony, or window box. If you’re really bold, you can even try to grow them fully indoors (more on that shortly). But first you need to know that cucumber plants grow fast, and they grow big. They’re in the cucurbitacea family, the same [Read more]

By Nadia Arumugam |

Two Refreshing Cucumber Recipes: One To Eat, and One to Drink

This week Charity is going to let you into a wonderful secret. Ok, spoiler alert, it involves the ability to grow cucumbers on your terrace, balcony, window box even (you’re right – I have no idea whether you can actually grow them in a window box, but Charity will shortly reveal all!). How thrilling is [Read more]

By Charity Shumway |

This Week in the Garden

It’s been a long while since we checked in on my garden, and I have lots of pretty pictures I’d like to show you (including those adorable sweet peas above). Considering it’s Friday afternoon, indulge me in a little tour of the terrace. Let’s start the parade with some grapes. I planted them last year, [Read more]

By Charity Shumway |

How to Plant Rhubarb

image So you want to make Nadia’s beautiful rhubarb crisp. Or her gorgeous honey yogurt panna cotta with roasted rhubarb and pomegranate. Or perhaps her crazy amazing rhubarb, orange, and chocolate chunk muffins. The easy way to get your hands on all the juicy rhubarb stalks you need is to hit the farmers market. The [Read more]