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25 May 2009Irrigation set-up complete this morning!Sunny 23°C / 73°F
After many hours of set-up, the roof garden irrigation is complete and ready for the summer. The most labor intensive parts of the roof garden are always in the spring and fall—when preparations have to be made for the change in the seasons. I’m happy to have the spring work behind me!
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25 May 2009Yucca buddingSunny 23°C / 73°F
Prepping to bloom
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25 May 2009Sweet Birch gone?Birch didn’t green out completely this spring. I think it may be on the way out. It’s struggling to green up, so I’m not giving up on it yet. But I’m very pessimistic.Sunny 23°C / 73°F
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11 Jan 2009Getting Ready for Spring 1Today I placed my seed order for spring (and added everything to my seed stash listing here). I bought quite a few heirloom seeds and colorful varieties. I’m planning on a garden is Staten Island this year-a community lot somewhere yet to be determined-where I can plant root vegetables and ...Cloudy -1°C / 30°F
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24 Oct 2008RIP Preying Mantis (and "hello" egg babies) 4 6 South Slope Rooftop gardenSunny 5°C / 41°F
Gruesome discovery in the garden this morning, my preying mantis hanging dead from the clematis with a lot of foam coming out of her bottom. What happened?
I ran to my computer and here’s what I found: “A gravid female praying mantis will produce a large foam mass, called an ootheca. ...
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13 Oct 2008Praying Mantis Makes the Scene 2 1 South Slope Rooftop gardenSunny 22°C / 72°F
I’m always happy to see my friend the praying mantis. Look closely, can you see her in the picture to the right? She’s very well camouflaged!
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13 Oct 2008Columbus Day Clean-up 2 2Sunny 22°C / 72°F
Columbus Day…a perfect day to spend in the garden working on that long prep to winter. Jeremiah and I spent several hours on the roof today cleaning up. He was such a good gardening partner – I was really surprised at how helpful he was. He just turned four and in the past his “...
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11 Oct 2008Apples Harvested 2 3 Apple Trees Harvesting and South Slope Rooftop gardenSunny 19°C / 67°F
An exciting first for our apple trees, we harvested edible apples! They are delicious too—sweet and tangy. It’s really nice to grow your own fruit on a rooftop in Brooklyn.
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11 Oct 2008The sedum is almost ready to bloom Sedum sieboldii and South Slope Rooftop gardenSunny 19°C / 67°F
This is perhaps my favorite phase of this plant. Give it a few days and it will be fully in bloom. Then it all dies off until next year. What a dramatic plant!
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11 Oct 2008Leaves are changing color Hansen Bush Cherry and South Slope Rooftop gardenSunny 19°C / 66°F
Cherry leaves are turning red.
Buzz buzz buzz!
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