vertical garden 2.0

Well I finally had to do something about this mess … winter was not kind to you my friend! May I present VG 2.0 to restore you to your former glory and devise the actual hanging part of frame. I decided instead of trying to rig some complicated wire hanging system, to just attach some […]

vote

My good friend Amy from coconutandquinoa has entered Oprah Winfrey’s you could win your own telly show, debuting I assume, on her soon to be started network, oh O you go girl! Anyway here it is, go on and vote and be amazed at how good vegetarian food is, well Amy’s that is! The video […]

more kale than you can poke a stick at

Ahhhh the mountains… finally after a torturous past month work marathon I have finally found myself upstate, and not a moment too soon, everything in the garden has gone BAZERK, again! I’m not sure where to start but in the meantime I made  this. Kale Croustini 3 cups finely chopped kale 4 cloves garlic minced […]

butterfly

This guy was about the size of my fist! and was totally going to town on the chive flowers… what a stunner!

oh joyous days!

My absolute favorite shop in the world suddenly disappeared one day, that was about three years ago, so imagine my absolute DELIGHT when I spotted it’s resurrection… NYC ICY!! It’s back… and if you’re tooling around the East Village head on over to 7th St and Avenue A and you will find the chalkboard to […]

groovy

My new hummingbird feeder to feed all my little friends that hang around, the other one had gotten all manky inside, so I decided to treat my sweet friends with a super mod pod… here’s hoping they like the new bird feeder as much as they liked the old one… yup I’m pretty obsessed with […]

I want, I want, I want…

Even though it’s s bajillion degrees outside I really want this…. I don’t think I will look as chic as this model, but I will certainly TRY!

a real NYC weekend…

I’m back again after another Des Moines stint… and to celebrate Mr Weiss and myself had a real cultural weekend.  First stop a lovely walk through Prospect park on our way to the Brooklyn Museum to see an Andy Warhol “The Last Decade”… and “American High Style – Fashioning a National Collection”.  A truly awesome […]

harvest…

Mr Weiss is up to his ears in radish’s and kale!

very jealous…

While I’m away in Des Moines, Mr Weiss is being my eyes and ears upstate checking on the progress of my fledgling garden… this is the update, so much has happened in the last 10 days it’s amazing! full bloom…. painful that I am missing the peony peak and hoping there will still be more […]