Comments for Battery Rooftop Garden Blog http://batteryrooftopgarden.org Growing Food 35 Floors Above NY Harbor Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:02:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Forellenschuss (aka ‘Speckled Trout’ Lettuce) by » First Garden Salad of Spring 2013! a modest plot http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/2010/11/07/forellenschuss-aka-speckled-trout-lettuce/#comment-6401 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:02:41 +0000 http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/?p=172#comment-6401 [...] bit of our first garden salad of spring 2013.  I have missed our spicy wild arugula, the tender speckled trout and curly sunset  [...]

]]> Comment on Over-winter by growingchefs http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/2012/04/10/over-winter/#comment-6266 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:05:06 +0000 http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/?p=373#comment-6266 What was the new growth that appeared (you write: “And some individual carrots exhibit strange behavior over the winter, putting on new growth that appears to be from a cultivar different from the original”)? Left to overwinter, carrots come springtime draw upon the sugars stored in their taproots to grow new leaves–and those, in turn, begin photosynthesis that will promote the growth of flowers and seeds come late-springtime. By June, a carrot will be in full flower and the root principally gone. If its the new leaves that you’re eyeing, then harvest fast! That’s a sign this biannual crop is putting its energies into its own needs, and not yours.

]]> Comment on Over-winter by growingchefs http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/2012/04/10/over-winter/#comment-6265 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:01:52 +0000 http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/?p=373#comment-6265 What was the new growth on the carrots? New baby leaves at the base are a sign the plant is starting to draw sugars from its taproot to begin its second-season flowering (and seed-making). The new white roots appear just before this happens–unharvested, a carrot taproot will be gone by its second June.

]]> Comment on The Snow Storm by Kathy Allen http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/2013/02/10/the-snow-storm/#comment-6210 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:20:56 +0000 http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/?p=526#comment-6210 On Sunday, February 10, 2013, Battery Rooftop Garden Blog wrote: > batteryrooftopgarden posted: “The National Weather Service and New York Times have authoritatively harrumphed that the recent winter storm does not in fact have a name, “Nemo” having been chosen for ratings purposes by those for whom weather is mere entertainment. As gardeners, we t” >

]]> Comment on The Snow Storm by Ned Sullivan http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/2013/02/10/the-snow-storm/#comment-6196 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:13:46 +0000 http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/?p=526#comment-6196 Beautiful sunset!

]]> Comment on The Snow Storm by Caroline Niemczyk http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/2013/02/10/the-snow-storm/#comment-6193 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:14:49 +0000 http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/?p=526#comment-6193 “The ultraviolet roots of the coming spring” are the rose fingers of dawn writ long and large. Your garden is so beautiful in the mythic setting of days and seasons.

]]> Comment on The Snow Storm by Margaret Sullivan http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/2013/02/10/the-snow-storm/#comment-6191 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:53:32 +0000 http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/?p=526#comment-6191 Beautiful photos. Glad everything is still safe and sound.

]]> Comment on The Snow Storm by Maggie Whitlum http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/2013/02/10/the-snow-storm/#comment-6190 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:05:47 +0000 http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/?p=526#comment-6190 Inspirational and very encouraging given what appear to be such adverse conditions.

]]> Comment on Allotments by jessica http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/2012/11/27/allotments/#comment-5435 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:18:47 +0000 http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/?p=516#comment-5435 Inspired me to think about plans for my spring garden on our Hoken balcony!

]]> Comment on Allotments by Steve Byrns http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/2012/11/27/allotments/#comment-5428 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:54:29 +0000 http://batteryrooftopgarden.org/?p=516#comment-5428 Agreed!

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