The Garden Log
Seasonal notes on solar lighting, winter storage and decorating a small city garden.
Choosing garden decor that suits a small space
Ornament in a small garden is a matter of restraint, and the difference between charming and cluttered is smaller than it looks.
Getting garden ornaments through a New York winter
Most of what is left out over winter survives. The things that do not are predictable, and so is the damage.
Bird feeders on a window, and what actually visits
A window feeder is the most direct way to see birds in a city, and there are a few things worth knowing before it goes up.
Gardening in containers on a Harlem stoop or balcony
Very little of the gardening advice written for a suburban yard survives contact with a stoop, a fire escape or a narrow back lot.
Metal garden stakes in ground that has gone hard
Stakes are simple until the soil is not, and forcing one is how they end up bent in a shed.
How much sun a solar garden light actually needs
Solar lighting fails for one reason far more often than any other, and it is decided on the day you place the light, not the day you buy it.