Low stone walls frame the entrance to the kitchen garden, which used to be a driveway. The garden is organized in a tidy grid; convenient paths around the beds make harvesting simple.
A driveway reinvented —
Low stone walls frame the entrance to the kitchen garden, which used to be a driveway. The garden is organized in a tidy grid; convenient paths around the beds make harvesting simple.
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Steiner grows enough to supply her family -- husband David Michaelis and her two children and three stepchildren -- with enough produce through spring, summer, and fall. ("When everyone's home, that's a lot of lettuce," says Steiner.)
A driveway reinvented —
Steiner grows enough to supply her family -- husband David Michaelis and her two children and three stepchildren -- with enough produce through spring, summer, and fall. ("When everyone's home, that's a lot of lettuce," says Steiner.)
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Steiner's landscape designer friend, Leslie Needham, left, helps her pick beans near the purple gomphrena.
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Steiner's landscape designer friend, Leslie Needham, left, helps her pick beans near the purple gomphrena.
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Each vegetable bed shares space with flowers, including nasturtiums and zinnias. Steiner gave one of the beds to her 12-year-old stepdaughter to plan and tend herself.
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Each vegetable bed shares space with flowers, including nasturtiums and zinnias. Steiner gave one of the beds to her 12-year-old stepdaughter to plan and tend herself.
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Two years ago, Steiner added additional beds behind the garage for squashes, melons and more tomatoes.
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Two years ago, Steiner added additional beds behind the garage for squashes, melons and more tomatoes.
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The garden is bordered on one side by simple boxwood balls, which help define the space.
A driveway reinvented —
The garden is bordered on one side by simple boxwood balls, which help define the space.
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To save space, Steiner grows pickling cucumber vertically, on a wooden tuteur ("The orange color means they've overripened, but they still taste every bit as good," she says).
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To save space, Steiner grows pickling cucumber vertically, on a wooden tuteur ("The orange color means they've overripened, but they still taste every bit as good," she says).
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"When I pull up at the end of the day, I snip a few vegetables and walk into the house," Steiner says.
A driveway reinvented —
"When I pull up at the end of the day, I snip a few vegetables and walk into the house," Steiner says.
Courtesy Juliana Sohn