Category Archives: Green

Behind the fence at Prospect Park’s Lakeside

Posted on October 9, 2012 by cfrietch

Thanks to Open House New York this past weekend, I got to snap some photos of the new Lakeside project in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. The area has been fenced off and boarded from view ever since I moved to Brooklyn, … Continue reading →

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Foraging with the Wildman

Posted on August 31, 2012 by cfrietch

I’d heard about this guy for a while. Turns out  the “Wildman,” a.k.a. Steve Brill, looks pretty normal, more like your high-school biology professor (albeit one who wears a pith helmet) than Crocodile Dundee. Brill has spent the last 30 … Continue reading →

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Bumper crop? Make a sage smudge

Posted on August 21, 2012 by cfrietch

Sage does really well in my garden — I mean REALLY well. As a result, a dozen Thanksgivings could not employ as much sage as I’ve grown. Even if I dry all of it for use in cooking, I don’t … Continue reading →

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The call of the wild? A tribute to mating cicadas

Posted on August 17, 2012 by cfrietch

(If insects make your skin crawl, you might want to skip this post.) I’m sitting here on my deck in Brooklyn in midsummer, listening to the comforting sound of cicadas getting louder, then quieter, then louder again. But I don’t … Continue reading →

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