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A dispatch from Crown Heights:

We’ve been here since 2002, and have worked on the garden incrementally since then. Closest to the house is the concrete patio, which is as we found it. Here we have the shed, the grill, the patio table, the herb garden and the grape arbor. The central area consists of small plantings with a brick path and flower boxes on either side. Finally the ‘lawn’, which is a mix of grass, dandelions, plantain (the weed) etc. Here we sit in the Adirondack chairs to enjoy the ferns, pine tree, and Bradford pear. As a nature lover, one of the things I appreciate is the way various parts of the garden are microcosms of the wider natural world. The prickly pear (Opuntia) cactus was started from a single ‘leaf’ purchased in a small pot from a vendor in Union Square. Opuntia is native to the northeast and can be seen in ‘the wild’ in Jamaica Bay Refuge, and on the Hudson palisades.

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