Right now, my terrace is a vision of windswept desolation. The plants have been drab, brown-grey for months now, the blooms and vines of 2012 blown into tangles and dried into rattling husks. The only big excitement for the last long while has been when the gusts get so strong that the trees tip over, [Read more]
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Seed Catalogs: My Winter Saviors
Nadia may have a bit of the January blues, but I have to confess my dissatisfaction is not as time-limited. Winter, the whole thing, every single month of it, I hate it all. I look outside at my garden and there’s so much gray. So much sad, dried-out brown. The few bits of green that [Read more]
Citrus Inspiration
There are lots of reasons to grow indoor citrus. So you can try Nadia’s Meyer Lemon Curd recipe, for one. But another big one for me is just that citrus trees are so pretty. Those fragrant blossoms, the glossy green leaves, and of course, the fruit decorating the arcing branches for months before its ready [Read more]
Growing Lemons (and Limes and Oranges) Indoors
I would like to live in Spain or Sicily or even Sacramento, someplace where oranges grow on trees in tiled courtyards and mild, golden sunlight blesses the earth all winter long. Alas: New York. But citrus dreams die hard, and if you, like me, live in a cold-winter climate but still long for fragrant lemon [Read more]