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Outdoor Dining: A Pink and Yellow Birthday Party

Our My Great Outdoors event may have ended at the close of June, but outdoor entertaining is still in full swing. Last weekend I used our little back deck to its fullest and threw an outdoor fê...

My Great Outdoors: Anna's Outdoor Vegetarian Feasts

Name: Anna Location: Cambridge, MA Type of space: Barn Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: A few years ago our parents bought a falling-down barn in West Tisbury on Martha's Vin...

Campfire Cooking: Best Easy, Frugal Foods for Camping
Guest Post from Tina and Phil of 30 Bucks a Week

When planning what to cook on your camping trip, there are a few basic considerations. First, assuming you are setting up your tent fireside rather than setting up folding chairs outside your RV, you...

My Great Outdoors: Cecilia's Father's Day Al Fresco Feast

Name: Cecilia Location: Anaheim, CA Type of space: Backyard Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoyed it: It's Father's Day, and officially the first day of summer, so we had dined al f...

My Great Outdoors: Mark's Grilled Pizza on the Balcony

Name: Mark Location: Portland, Oregon Type of space: Balcony Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: The winter weather in Portland forces us indoors for a good chunk of the year, s...

My Great Outdoors: Weeknight Dinner on the Porch

In Ohio and other northern parts of the country (and the world) you should never take nice weather for granted. We are purely indoor creatures for most of the winter and early spring, so the gorgeous ...

Loving: Green Picnic and Market Basket

We are totally crushing on this green basket from Crate & Barrel. They tout it as a picnic basket, a fresh and cute way to carry your lunch out to the park. But it could be good for so many other ...

10 Summer Drink Dispensers (and Drinks to Put In Them)

The thought of a big cooler on the back porch, filled up with lemonade and dispensing sweet coolness from a frosty spigot, is captivating right now. Here are a few good drink dispensers that might fit...

Eating Outdoors: What Do You Do About the Bugs?

I love alfresco dining as much as any romantic but even as I dream about cold roast chicken and seven-layer salad under a big tree, I also have to wonder: but what about the bugs? Mosquitos, flies, m...

My Great Outdoors: Art and Chel's Modern Balcony Kitchen

Name: Art and Chel Location: Chicago Type of space: Balcony Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: My balcony is an extension of my kitchen and home. I have experimented with all kin...

In June We Eat Outside

FINALLY. We are eating outside. Those of you in climates like mine here in New York know what I mean when I say finally. The rest of you probably enjoy eating outside all the time, but for those of us...

Eat Outside This Weekend: Five Outdoor Breakfasts

Do you love breakfast? How about weekend breakfast outdoors on the front stoop, the porch, or the back deck? What about brunch on the balcony, if you're so lucky as to have one? Here are five photos t...

Survey: Do You Enjoy Picnics?

This is the time of year when parks suddenly fill with happy picnickers toting hampers, blankets, and hot dogs. What about you? Do you love picnicking outdoors in the back yard or the park, or do you ...