Read this lovely piece from Seeing Green about his family’s garden. Here’s an excerpt:

After moving to Brooklyn, we created a garden in the back yard. It was concreted over like many brownstone back yards, a concept that has been a source of great puzzlement to me…why would you want an expanse of sterile hard scape, prone to flooding and ugly to boot, instead of a garden?

Well, in the five years we (ok, mostly my wife) have learned about gardening upkeep. The garden looks pretty good, though being in mostly shade, there’s not a lot of spectacular colors. But it’s quite a joy to live with, and I can say quite unequivocally that I am a fan of all things growing green (or yellow, or red, or whatever.)