Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses. Unless mentioned, all links should be free of paywalls.
website: Magnified Sand (Robert Maronpot, a veterinary toxicologic pathologist) “Explore the Hidden World of Sand” All about sand, with a photo gallery of sand under magnification and a Sand by Location section. Orient Beach on Long Island NY! The Galapagos! Two Sisters Beach in Conero, Italy!
article with photos: Five Easy Ways to Get Started on a Native Plant Garden (Nuts for Natives) Extensive guide to choosing, situating, planting, and caring for useful small native trees, shrubs, and perennials, and details about converting lawn to native plant beds (using sheet mulching), creating native plant containers, and for those in the Delmarva area, links to native plant landscapers. Some plants suggested include fringe trees (Chionanthus virginica), redbud trees (Cercis canadensis), Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus), oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia), summersweet (Clethra alnifolia), aster (Symphiotrichum) ‘October Skies’, golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea), and heuchera (H. villosa) ‘Autumn Bride’.
recipe/reel: So you wanna make focaccia that doesn’t suck (BareFoodTim/Instagram) Recipe in caption. Helpful tip: “If you’ve tried making it before and it just turned out like a dense brick, it’s because you don’t know what you’re doing.” [I’ve found that if I want to open this link more than once, I need to either clear my cache/cookies first or open the link in a private window, due to something Instagram is doing]
photo essay: A fresh take on country in the city in a designer’s Thameside flat (Elizabeth Metcalfe & Christopher Harwood/House & Garden) love love love the colours and art everywhere! (could do without the sink skirt)
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