Category Archives: Root Vegetables

Dead or Alive?

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

The sharp blade slices through the skin, flesh and vascular tissues with ease.    Pressure in the vascular system collapses.   Almost immediately senescence – a genetically regulated process which leads to the death of cells and organs – begins.  Individual cells … Continue reading →

Posted in Apples, Beets, Broccoli, Carrots, Cooking and Eating, Eggplant, Green Beans, Kale, Lettuce, Parsley, Peaches, Spinach, Urban Agriculture and Food Policy | 3 Comments

Rats on the roof!

Posted on July 6, 2012 by

No, not the dreaded Rattus rattus or any of its vile kin, but the wonderful Rat’s Tail Radish, or Raphanus caudatus: I have fed the seed pods of this plant, which looks like a cross between a green bean and a snap … Continue reading →

Posted in Chefs, Cooking and Eating, Legumes, Photos, Root Vegetables | 3 Comments

Over-winter

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

This morning I picked some baby kale leaves from the enormous over-wintered kale shrub and some older leaves from the over-wintered sorrel, gave them two stirs in hot oil, and added two fresh eggs.   The result was so outstanding that your … Continue reading →

Posted in Carrots, Cooking and Eating, Herbs, Kale, Soil, Weather | 2 Comments

Purple Haze

Posted on November 4, 2011 by

No friends, not the Jimi Hendrix song, and not the potent variety of Cannabis sativa ssp. sativa.  We’re talking carrots here.  It is November 4, with one only one more day of daylight savings time remaining, a snow storm and … Continue reading →

Posted in Carrots, Photos | 4 Comments

Beets and Berries for Breakfast

Posted on July 26, 2011 by

When we eat from the industrial food system, we generally plan our meals in advance, or simply cruise the refrigerator.   With roof-top agriculture, one starts each meal with no pre-conceptions about the menu.  Instead, meal preparation starts with a pleasant … Continue reading →

Posted in Beets, Berries, Blackberries, Cooking and Eating, Meals and Menus, Ornamental Shrubs, Roses | Leave a comment

Spring Planting 2011

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

Having considered the many lessons of our first season, the Battery Rooftop Garden is now implementing its second season planting plan.   Among the main things learned in 2010:  the richness and depth of our soil allows us to achieve varieties … Continue reading →

Posted in Failures, Lettuce, Parsley, Photos, Scallions, Soil | Leave a comment

Columbus Day Rooftop Garden Dinner

Posted on October 11, 2010 by

Perhaps it is climate change, or perhaps the normal vagaries of the weather.  But October 11 featured a 76 degree afternoon, and at 5:30 six guests gathered for the final al fresco roof top garden dinner of the season.  The … Continue reading →

Posted in Apples, Basil, Beets, Chefs, Cooking and Eating, European Pears, Greens, Herbs, Lettuce, Malabar Spinach, Meals and Menus, Pears, Potatoes, Root Vegetables, Spinach, Tomatoes, Vegetables | 2 Comments

July 7, 2010 — Dinner

Posted on September 27, 2010 by

July 7, 2010 — Dinner First peas.  I tasted a few fresh off the vine.  The small ones were sweet and tender, the larger ones a bit less so.  Still uncertain whether these were the sorts of peas that one … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking and Eating, Meals and Menus, Mizuna, Peas, Scallions | Leave a comment