"August is not a month to rein in anything," says Michelle. Find out where the wild things are on Gardenista this week. And while the grasses grow—and Michelle's husband plants his first marijuana seedling—consider some inspiring interiors, including the world's chicest hen house.
Above: The Outbuilding of the Week is a French cabin made of corrugated metal panels recycled from a chicken coup.
Above: It all began with a consultation with a budtender at a dispensary in Berkeley. Read newbie gardener Josh Quittner's cannabis chronicle, The Marijuana Plant and Me: Part 1.
Above: This year's Gardenista Considered Design Awards Winners have just been announced. Here's the Best Amateur-Design Garden.
Above: The plant that tends itself while you're away? Take a look at 10 Easy Pieces: Self-Watering Pots and Planters.
Above: Steal This Look: Alexa presents architects' Calvin Tsao and Zack McKown's Perfect Screened Porch. Photograph by Richard Powers for Tsao & McKown Architects.
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