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A test for gardeners: When do you get your first peas?
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n some gardening circles, a gardener’s skill is measured by how soon he or she gets the first bowl of shelling peas on the table. Peas are a good choice for such competition, because raising a good crop demands the best soil you can muster as well as timely sowing and harvest. Peas are a coolweather crop (50 to 70 degrees F is best) so must be planted early. Not too early, though, or the seeds are apt to rot. Not too late either, for the plants languish in hot weather. The earliest possible crop of shelling peas is also a worthy goal because peas are such a quintessential garden delicacy. The sugars in fresh-picked peas start changing to starches as soon as the pods are picked, so it’s impossible to buy fresh, frozen or LEE REICH canned peas that match the flavor of homegrown ones. AND THE RACE IS ON I’ll admit to being drawn into the spirit of pea competition — with some reservations. I won’t grow smoothseeded shelling peas, such as Alaska, which are the earliest. They don’t taste as good as wrinkle-seeded types, whose seeds wrinkle up because they are so high in sugars. I won’t use fungicide-treated seeds, which can be planted earlier with less danger of rotting. Handling poisoncoated seeds takes the fun out of pea planting. And quantity is also important to me, so I won’t start peas indoors in pots because it would be impossible to manage enough transplants to get a decent meal. As far as when to drop those first seeds into furrows, too many gardeners bow to tradition and sow them — or try to — on St. Patrick’s Day. That may be the ideal date for planting peas in Ireland, but sometime in January is more on the mark in Florida, and April 1 is the more correct date in my garden in New York’s Hudson Valley. Pea seeds sprout when the soil temperature hits about 40 degrees F. So stick a thermometer 3 or 4 inches into the ground to know when to sow pea seeds in your garden. TRICKS FOR EARLINESS No matter when peas are planted, there are tricks to getting the sprouts up more quickly and successfully. Presprouting the seeds indoors gives them a slight jump on the season once they’re in the ground. Soak the seeds in water for a few hours, and then rinse them at least once daily, draining them after each rinsing. Rootlets should be evident after a couple days or so. Planting slightly less deeply than recommended or in raised beds gives them warmer soil, which also speeds See Peas p. 2D
This undated photo shows peas harvested in New Paltz, N.Y. Shelling peas don’t travel well because their sugars begin to turn to starch as soon as they are picked, making this vegetable a must-have home garden delicacy. (AP photo)
These Aug. 18 photos show Jen Taylor (left) and Michelle Bristol of Dyer Brown, an architectural firm, seated in workspaces they designed for the Boston offices of Criteo, a tech company. The comfy cubbies are quiet but bright and cozy. They promote focus and creativity while providing an alternative to a traditional desk or office, and the concept can be adapted for the home. (Darrin Hunter/Dyer Brown Architects via AP)
This comfy, cushioned cubby is an inviting, cozy workspace
By BETH J. HARPAZ Associated Press It’s a quiet but cozy workspace, designed to promote focus and creativity while providing an alternative to a traditional desk or office. It’s also a bright pink cubby covered in comfy cushions. The pink seating is the brainchild of Karen Bala, Jen Taylor and Michelle Bristol of Dyer Brown, an architectural firm. It was one element of Dyer Brown’s Boston office space design for Criteo, a tech company that works with retailers to personalize online ads for consumers. The cubbies are “a very welcoming, inviting space that you want to be in,” said Taylor. “As people spend more time in the office, comfort is a priority. Creating these informal amenity spaces that replicate the comforts of home can help companies attract and retain talent.” The comfy cubbies — three in all — are located in a lounge area. Each consists of a rectangular space recessed into a wood-paneled wall. The front of the cubbies are open but the top, sides, floor and back are lined with pink foam bolsters covered with FilzFelt, a type of felt. The soft materials increase comfort and absorb sound. The bold color contrasts with the cozy vibe, and ties in with “the energy and excitement” of the company’s fun, young office culture, Taylor said. “The rest of their office is heavily packed with work stations,” said Bristol. “We
wanted to make sure that this worked with their office culture of being very vibrant and energetic.” The color — actually a magenta — matches a hue in some of the company’s branding documents. And there was no concern that pink might be off-putting to men: “We’ve seen the trend move away from pink as a gender-specific color,” Taylor said. Each nook has a single overhead light fixture but no electric outlet. “We wanted it to be an unplugged zone,” Bristol said. “We wanted them to use it for heads-down work, where someone has to write something or make a phone call.” Employees do take laptops in the cubbies, but the lack of outlets helps “keep the spaces open so nobody is hogging them,” Taylor said.
The feedback, they said, was extremely positive, with workers telling them, “I want to try it out! I want to be in that place!” How could the concept be adapted for home design? A simple reinterpretation would be to cushion a window seat or convert a closet by removing a door and adding a bench. An unused corner, or space between furniture and a wall, might also work. Do-it-yourselfers might consider building a pod-like structure with plastic or wooden panels. Wrapping the material in foam and fabric for comfort and sound insulation would be key to maintaining the cozy aesthetics. Bright colors work well in a kid’s bedroom or playroom, lending a sense of energy even if the cubby is designed to be more of a
quiet spot. Calmer colors might work best in a home office, especially if the space is intended to help users disconnect a bit from technology so they can dig into a book or craft. An inexpensive stick-on light could easily illuminate the space. Dimensions will depend on the intended user and available space. The office cubbies are 3 feet deep, 4 feet wide and 5 feet tall. Cushioning the space is important not just for comfort and mood but also to increase the quiet. Bristol said that even in an office with hundreds of employees, the padding muted background noise. In a home environment, a quiet nook could promote concentration on a task like doing the taxes or organizing recipes, even if kids were playing nearby in a family room.
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High-end architect teams with manufactured home maker
By ERIN EDGEMON Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Mountain Brook-based architect Jeffrey Dungan is known for the clean and modern houses he has designed across the United States. These homes are typically million dollarsplus, or in other words, the antithesis of the manufactured residences that Maryville, Tennessee-based Clayton Homes is known for. That’s what makes Jeffrey Dungan Architects and Clayton Homes partnership so unique. “When we started working on these tiny houses we began by thinking of living a more edited life and in simple ways and times,” Dungan said in a statement on the design series website. “As that line of thinking led to making architectural choices, we also found that simple lines were the most powerful and elegant. We looked at forms of simple outdoor structures- and found tents and teepees and sheds. We found materials that were natural seemed to fit in best with what we were creating- and indeed in the environments that these structures might populate.” Out of this exploration came five designs, he said. They were inspired by “nature, history and simplicity.” One of these tiny home designs — called the Low Country — is featured in Alabama Center for Architecture’s new exhibit, Living Space: Tiny House Project. The Low Country is tiny at 393 square feet, but the design incorporates high-end but rustic finishes such as poplar bark siding, cedar shake shingles, aluminum clad windows, oak flooring and whitewash ceiling beams. The home can sleep eight people and boasts lots of storage space. Michael Burleson, of Clayton Homes, said the homes are being made-to-order in the company’s Addison facility. The approximately $120,000 homes take six-to-eight weeks to construct. He said the home currently on exhibit is sold and will be shipped to Guntersville soon. The Living Space exhibit featuring tiny spaces across the globe was curated by Seattle-based architect Garrett Reynolds. The project showcases innovative micro-living spaces from places like New York City, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Seoul and Tokyo.
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sprouting and growth. If peas have never grown before in your garden, sprinkle the seeds with a bacterial inoculant, available in stores, so plants can make use of atmospheric nitrogen as fertilizer. MAXIMIZING YIELD Correct plant spacing, and propping the vines up off the ground are yield enhancers. Rather than single rows, sow double rows about 6 inches apart, with 2 inches between peas in a row. If you plant in beds, run a double row up the middle of the bed. Peas reign as king in British gardens, and traditional staking for peas there is pea twigs — tree and shrub prunings trimmed so their branches lie in one plane, then pushed into the soil between each double row with their butt ends down and branches fanned out down the row. Even before the vines start their ascent, the row
This March 9 photo shows a high-end tiny home designed by Alabama-based architect Jeffrey Dungan who partnered with Clayton Homes in Birmingham, Ala. The home called the Low Country — is featured in Alabama Center for Architecture’s new exhibit, Living Space: Tiny House Project. (Tamika Moore/AL.com via AP) The exhibit will be open to the public at the Alabama Center for Architecture in downtown Birmingham. Alabama Center for Architecture Executive Director Rhea Williams said she hopes the exhibit gets Birmingham residents thinking about what they can live without, and how Birmingham can improve on urban living. “We are really hoping this exhibit makes people think about their housing choices in the future,” she said, “and how we approach housing in the future in downtown Birmingham.” Williams said Birmingham isn’t out of space in its urban areas yet, but the city needs to be prepared as the urban living trend continues. “I think it is a very exciting time to be living and working in Birmingham,” she said, adding that hopes the state Legislature reinstates historic tax credits, which will lead to more redevelopment in downtown. The Birmingham portion of the exhibit features Morgan Loft, a private residence built in a former warehouse in downtown; Pullman Flats, a mixed-use facility constructed in formerly run-down buildings in downtown; and Graf Loft, which is a renovation of a historic downtown building into restaurant and living space. of pea twigs can be attractive — and oh so British. I forgo the twigs and the accent with a temporary fence of chicken wire, which is quicker to erect. VARIETIES TO GROW Among wrinkle-seeded shelling peas, you’ll find some — but not a lot — of differences in flavor from one variety to the next. Do consider vine size in your variety choice. Vine size determines how big a trellis you need, and how quickly ripe peas are ready for harvest. Two all-around excellent varieties for yield, flavor and earliness are Green Arrow and Lincoln. If shelling peas have one fault compared with snap peas or snow peas, it is the time needed to shell them. In the interests of science, I once decided to measure the time involved. To my surprise, I was able to pop open about 6 quarts of pods to make 2 quarts of shelled peas in only 30 minutes — not really a bad rate, and not really an awful job when you’re sitting outside in the shade with a warm breeze.
These undated photos provided by AphroChic shows a room in a brownstone in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of New York displaying African objects and basketry on modern industrial shelving, in the background right of the fireplace. (Patrick Cline/ AphroChic via AP)
RIGHT AT HOME: Decor is loving Africa By KIM COOK Associated Press Trek through home decor stores these days and you’ll probably see goods from around the world — India, the Far East, South America. And Africa. Just as fashion houses like Celine, McQueen, Valentino and Missoni have referenced African prints and hues over the last few seasons, so are interior designers and retailers doing that now, drawing on Africa’s wealth of crafts like woodworking, pottery, textiles and pattern-making. Jeanine Hays, creative director of the interior design firm Aphrochic in Brooklyn, New York, works with her team to develop modern takes on traditional African textiles and patterns found in ceremonial objects. For instance, they have a collection of poufs upholstered in prints drawn from kuba cloth, silhouettes and headdresses. (https://www.aphrochic.com/ ) “We’re inspired by our own AfricanAmerican heritage, and our interiors and products reflect iconic African-American imagery,” Hays says. In her own brownstone, Hays uses a long, graphite bedroom wall to display a basket collection made by a Rwandan women’s collective. The vibrant shades of pink, mint, gold, and black and white pop against the dark wall, making a sculptural statement. In the home of a Brooklyn client, Hays curated a gallery of baskets and objets d’art against a backdrop of industrialstyle shelves. “Our belief is that modern design and cultural style combine to create spaces that we’re connected to, that we care about, and that tell our stories,” she says. One eye-catching piece that’s cropping up frequently in interiors is the Juju hat, used in dancing rituals by the Bamileke tribe in Cameroon. The headdress features an exuberant circle of chicken or guinea fowl feathers. Consuelo Pierrepont, designer and cofounder of Sway Studio, an interiors firm with offices in Austin, Texas, and San Francisco, says the Juju hats have a softness and geometry that make them a favorite decorative element. “They’re incredibly versatile and can stand alone as a statement or be layered into a collage wall, with other art mediums or more Jujus,” she says. “Although they come in a variety of dyed colors, we love the tonal palette of the natural pieces. Jujus add so much depth and texture that a room hardly needs anything else to feel decorated.” Pierrepont also says that carved, wooden Bamileke stools have been popular with clients. The sides of the drumshaped stools are carved in a hatched pattern evoking a spider’s web. The stools are known as “king’s stools” because they’re used by royalty on special occasions. “They have an appealing sculptural quality, and the real ones have a lot of
character — no two are alike,” says Pierrepont. “They’re nearly indestructible — the barrel shape makes them incredibly sturdy, and the dark stain and wax finish hides everything.” While original Bamileke tables are investment pieces, there are now less expensive versions. They can make great tables in rooms that see a lot of action, like playrooms. Some are made of resin, so they can stay outdoors. Others come in lighter finishes, like white or gold. (http://www.authenticafrica.com/ ; http://www.houzz.com/ ) In her online shop St. Frank, designer Christina Bryant offers handcrafted textiles and home decor sourced or inspired by global artisans, including some in Senegal, Mali, Cote d’Ivoire and other African countries. She stocks a large selection of Juju hats, as well as collectible pieces like Ghanaian gold dust spoons, Nigerian beaded crowns, and bronze leopards and wooden antelope masks from Cameroon. (http://stfrank.com/ ) Bryant thinks that millennial consumers, who have recently entered the home market in large numbers, are driving the global home-decor trend. “They’re the most avid travelers, interested in exploration beyond the U.S. and Europe. They also want authentic products with stories behind them, and they value ethical sourcing,” she says. “I believe they’re fueling this movement toward artisan handmade products.”
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3588 S. Little Harbor Road, Manistique, MI 1,400’ Sandy Beach Frontage
Large acreage tract of 188 acres, two cabins and beautiful Lake Michigan sand beach, all with year round access with your driveway directly off Little Harbor Road. This tract has hardwood upland and enough cedar lowland for the big bucks that this area is famous for. There is over 1,400 feet of beach on this surveyed parcel and it is all privately gated. You will enjoy the rustic cabin with drilled well, septic, electric, a neat guest cabin and large garage set up in the woods and the lake front is ready to be developed or you can build your Lake Michigan home there. $499,000 MLS#: 1097031
40 Acres! Perch Lake Road, Republic, MI 1,700’ Lake Frontage
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Outstanding hunting camp opportunity in Southern Marquette County. This single level cabin is a combination of an old-school logging camp with newer additions that provide creature comforts such as running water with indoor bathrooms and fully wired with a generator system. There are several large rooms including a huge kitchen to accommodate a large group. A big bathroom with double showers and large sauna will suit a big crowd as well. The camp is in good condition and ready to use immediately. The acreage is a mixture of a nice hardwood ridge along with thick lowlands. A solid gravel road leads to the property from the Ross Grade just a few miles from Northland and 15 miles from Gwinn. $129,000 MLS#: 1097654
40 Acres! Co Road 573 (Red Road), Ishpeming, MI
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540 S. Lakeshore Blvd., Marquette, MI
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15001 Co Road DI (Town Hall F) Road, Rock, MI 40 Acres
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CAMP & ACREAGE
Are you looking for deer, grouse, rabbits? Well, this is the camp for you and your family. 40 Acres with thousands of acres of state land to the north and east of this parcel. The owners have harvested many bucks from this camp over the years. A buck pole and fenced in bait storage structure are nice features. Take a hot, steamy bath in your plumbed sauna. Drilled well. The camp has a nice covered deck for bbq’ing and socializing. All furniture in the camp is included as well as a new propane generator lodged in it’s own building. Also included are three deer blinds, dog kennel, tools, and all kitchensupplies. Scope in your rifle on the shooting backstop. $79,000 MLS# 1094124
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N2510 Remington Road, Big Bay, MI 50 Acres
Enjoy the quiet seclusion of the wilderness with this 50 acre parcel and cabin with a loft. A short walk down the road takes you to the Yellow Dog River and the excellent Trout fishing. Set your maple taps and enjoy the syrup. A large portion of the property is made up of various ages of maple. A mix of aspen, maple, hemlock, spruce, and birch grace the fully wooded 50 acre property. A trail runs throughout the property to allow easy access. $80,000 MLS# 1099786
This exclusive Founders Landing home offers quality, convenience and beautiful surroundings inside and out. The home was customized and improved using only the finest materials and impresses with impeccable choices in fixtures and decorating. An open floor plans lends to a spacious, bright and cheerful feel with plenty of space for guests and entertaining. From top to bottom every inch of the home is in perfect condition and ready to move right in.$399,000 MLS# 1097790
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150 Olsen Road, Gwinn, MI
Very well kept up home on almost three acres...in a great location. Close to Gwinn and Marquette. Very private. The lot features walking/riding trail perfect for walking your dogs. A large shed is on the property to store all your toys and the owners are also leaving the car port which can be moved to suit your needs. The home has a great floor plan and it is in move in condition. The mudroom/entryway is a wonderful feature. New roof in 2014. There is an additional room in the basement that could be a non-conforming bedroom or a large pantry. $119,900 MLS# 1098511
40 acres near the Silver Lake and Dead River Basins with frontage on the Red Road. Year round access on a well maintained gravel road provides an easy drive just 14 miles from Ishpeming. The property has been developed with a gate driveway to a nice building site set back off the main road. Several small bunk cabins and a good sized main cabin were recently developed as this was used for a bear camp. The temporary structures provide all you need for camp without the taxes. Towering white pines make a great setting for this camp site. The property has thick lowlands on the opposite side of the main road. $59,900 MLS# 1091206
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TBD M94/Townline, Skandia, MI 51 Acres
Outstanding property right on the Skandia/West Branch border with multiple features offering something for everyone. 51 Sprawling acres with a large field hosting a variety of Spring fed Ponds which would make excellent pasture land or a beautiful building site to overlooking the ponds to watch wildlife taking a cool sip of water. The property also has nice forestland with a mix of most native species, providing good hunting opportunities. If choosing a building site there will be options for being on a nice country road such as Townline Rd, right on M94 or if a very quiet place in the woods is your dream then forest frontage on the dead end Posti Rd might be the perfect setting. $79,000 MLS# 1085940
This is a 40 acre parcel with over 1,700 feet of lake frontage on Perch Lake near Republic. This is a unique parcel with old growth timber and rugged rocky terrain. The parcel has legal access and an access drive off the main woods road is planned for this spring. Perch Lake is 46.5 acres and over 55 feet deep, featuring excellent fishing for trout, bass and pan fish. The fishing is good summer and winter, and there is plenty of wildlife to enjoy. I usually view eagles, loons and blue herons on nearly every trip to this lake. It is an overlooked gem just minutes from Republic and M95 between Iron Mountain and Marquette. $140,000 MLS# 1099414
40 Acres! Bushy Creek Truck Trail, Marquette, MI
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40 beautiful secluded wooded acres on Bushy Creek Truck Trail perfect for a cabin or off-grid home. Bushy Creek Truck trail is located only 30 minutes from Marquette and less than 10 minutes from Big Bay. Amazing views from atop a bare face mountain ridge, rolling hills throughout, with many fishing and hunting opportunities in the area as well. There is a good mix of timber on the property from Pine, Aspen, Birch, Red Oak, Maple, and other various Northern Hardwoods. Additional adjoining 56 of wooded land is available. $49,500 MLS# 1097375
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