Parlor Palm: A Timeless Houseplant for Real Life Spaces

Parlor Palm: A Timeless Houseplant for Real Life Spaces Some plants demand attention. Others earn devotion by learning how to live well with what they’re given.   The Parlor Palm, botanically known as Chamaedorea elegans, belongs to the second group.   Graceful, adaptable and quietly resilient, this palm has been grown indoors for more than […]

Why We Cook Fish With the Head Still On | A Tradition Passed Down

Why We Cook Fish With the Head Still On A Tradition Passed Down Growing up in the United States, in a Jamaican household, fish was cooked with the head still on. That wasn’t strange. It wasn’t symbolic. It was simply how food showed up in our kitchen. The head told you what kind of fish […]

Building a Strong Shed Foundation With Aggregates

Building a Strong Shed Foundation With Aggregates When you’re building a shed or tackling a major landscape project, the foundation makes all the difference. After a decade of working the land at 40 Day Living Urban Farm, we’ve learned that stability, drainage and cost-efficiency start from the ground up. So when it was time to […]