Kayla Levy is a writer particularly passionate about indoor plants and outdoor gear. She used to write about cities at Time Out (and she still enjoys writing about the Park Slope Food Co-op).

So they were soaked in hot water with a little bleach, and then “we scrub, scrub, scrub them with a toothbrush,” he said, to get their color to match the rope. Mr. Aghuno then had holes ...