My Daughter’s NYC Apartment Hunt + This Week’s Farm Happenings

Living in New York City in my twenties felt like living in a fairy tale — $700 Manhattan studios, rent-stabilized Stuyvesant Town apartments, and job hopping like it was an Olympic sport. Now my daughter is starting graduate school at NYU, apartment hunting from several states away, and I can’t help but compare her experience to my magical (and occasionally chaotic) NYC days. Plus: a peek into this week’s Farm Happenings, from tulip bulb arrivals to wreath workshops and our Early Black Friday bloom subscriptions.

Squeaks, leaks, and 200 freshly planted iris bulbs

When I look out the window, our good old Denali — the 25-year-old “farm truck” — is still faithfully parked out there, squeaks and all. After yet another round of repairs (bringing the total to a cool $1K), she’s ready for wreath season hauls again. Meanwhile on the farm, the first frost is flirting with Cape May, 200 Dutch irises are tucked in, and peonies are on their way.

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