Category Archives: Strawberries

Getting to Green

Posted on April 8, 2016 by batteryrooftopgarden

If you have read this blog for some time, you will know that my adventure in urban rooftop agriculture is just one manifestation of a broader interest in environmental issues.   Having spent more than two decades working for various Green … Continue reading →

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Awesome

Posted on August 2, 2012 by batteryrooftopgarden

In the world of ornamental horticulture, perhaps because of the pervasive influence of our British cousins, etiquette demands a certain reticence when discussing one’s own garden.   Pausing with guests before a spectacularly rare and difficult Tricyrtis, one might be allowed … Continue reading →

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First Berries

Posted on June 7, 2011 by batteryrooftopgarden

June 6 — A happy day, on which the first berries were harvested from the Battery Rooftop Garden: I’m not sure whether these are Fragaria “Sparkle,” “Allstar,” or “Seascape,” but in any case, eaten directly from the vine, they were … Continue reading →

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