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Author Archives: batteryrooftopgarden
Hollywood Comes to the Roof
Well, not exactly Hollywood, but the sort of ultra-low-budget film project that will eventually displace a chunk of big-budget entertainment, as surely as green roofs and urban farms will replace part of our reliance on industrial agriculture. Award winning indie … Continue reading
Posted in Berries, Blueberries, Guests
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Breaking Records
Just before the ground re-froze, we harvested some sweet winter carrots and were rather amazed when this giant emerged from the relatively shallow soils of its rooftop bed: I’ve always been drawn much more to the qualitative than the quantitative, … Continue reading
Posted in Carrots, Weather
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The Perfect Rooftop Fruit
Plants, like people, tend to get around. A plant on my roof got its start in China about 2000 years ago, and by the 8th century AD found its way into Japan. When it arrived in Nepal and the … Continue reading
Posted in Asian Pears, Fruit, Pears
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We are family
Pop quiz: what do beets, spinach, quinoa and Swiss chard have in common? No, they are not all grown at Battery Rooftop Garden (no quinoa, yet). Yes, they are all delicious, nutritious and ancient foods, but that’s not it either. … Continue reading
Posted in Beets, Chard, Spinach, Vegetables
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Tribute in Light
It is rare for a memorial to be perfectly calibrated to the nature of the tragedy it marks. The elegant Stone of Remembrance designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens for the British World War I cemeteries is a notable example. … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Photos, Seen From the Battery Rooftop Garden
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Harvest Time on Wall Street
My long two-pointed ladder’s sticking through a tree Toward heaven still, And there’s a barrel that I didn’t fill Beside it, and there may be two or three Apples I didn’t pick upon some bough. But I am done with … Continue reading
Bugs
Between late May and late October 2012, Jeremy Law, a graduate student in the Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology Department at Columbia University, conducted a study of arthropod diversity at Battery Rooftop Garden. Guests visiting during last summer noticed bowls … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Wildlife
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The Snow Storm
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, … Continue reading
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