A sweat bee on a echinacea coneflower, one of North America’s 4,000 or so species of native bees. The bees that were here first Ever heard of a solitary bee? If not, you might guess it’s a bee that’s chosen to quit the regimented social order of the... Habitat 29 Aug 2022 | 10:25
The ruby-throated hummingbird that laid her eggs outside the writer’s kitchen window in blatant disregard of her long-held terms of engagement with Mother Nature. ( Graphic illustration by Zoe Maxfield) The two-ounce interloper One of my favorite things about living in the Warwick Valley is that I can enjoy nature, in all her boundless, magnificent... Habitat 06 May 2022 | 03:46
We have to use a key to let ourselves out, but those doorknobs are some of my favorite things about our 93-year-old farmhouse. ( Evie Maxfield) This old f-ing house When the time was right for me and my husband to purchase a house, we needed to have “the talk.” I told him how, since I... Habitat 16 Feb 2022 | 01:48
Joe and Val Rinaldi in the “bourbon bar,” a room of the historic DeBaun Mill that they renovated for entertaining guests. ( Hanna Wickes) The ninth generation With the familiarity of a native, I drive past two fast food chains, a shuttered ShopRite and a strip mall that was once... Habitat 11 Feb 2022 | 12:38
Tara Whitsitt displays a selection of her homemade ferments. ( Becca Tucker) ‘Johnny Appleseed of pickling’ parks her bus Buy a bus, retrofit it, and travel around the country teaching fermentation. Check. Write a book about it, check. Trek to... Habitat 08 Apr 2021 | 11:44
The paper lamps hanging above the island are made by a local artist. The cabinets have no doors, a clever money-and-material-saver. ( Dennis O'Clair) Asking the right questions It’s a bitter winter night, the ground outside a sheet of ice, but Gail Buckland’s house is 73 degrees. It’s not that the... Habitat 26 Aug 2019 | 02:14
Vela-Hayes made four solar ovens out of pizza boxes and tin foil. She'll use these with her cooking class to make grilled cheeses -- she hopes. ( Becca Tucker) Greening your workplace As an enthusiastic member of her high school environmental science club, Teresa Vela-Hayes piled her family’s newspapers... Habitat 26 Aug 2019 | 01:47
