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Category Archives: Fruit
The April Harvest
So did any of my etymologically inclined readers stumble over the title? Yes, you’re right: “harvest” is derived from the old English “haerfest,” meaning autumn. So a harvest in April is a contradiction, or perhaps more charitably, a paradox. But, … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking and Eating, Nectarines, Spinach
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Peaches 2016
The headlines were breathless but accurate: “Valentine’s Day Massacre of Peach Blooms,” screamed the headline in Growing Produce; “Cold snap decimates peach crop in Massachusetts and beyond,” said another. Even the staid Gray Lady declared, “East Peach Crop Almost a … Continue reading
Posted in Failures, Fruit, Peaches, Urban Agriculture and Food Policy, Weather
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Breaking News: Urban Fruit is Better
A few years ago, I told an environmentalist friend of mine, who is also a medical doctor, about my green roof and plan to grow food. She looked at me strangely, obviously torn between disapproval and an instinct to be … Continue reading
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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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
Sandy
Your correspondent returned to lower Manhattan today, fearing that, like Icarus, he had dared to fly too high, to grow food where nature did not intend, and that he would find his presumption rewarded with a thorough smiting at the … Continue reading
Posted in Blueberries, Broccoli, Chard, Cold Frame, Fruit, Kale, Ornamental Trees, Photos, Weather
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Dead or Alive?
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
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Finally, a professional
BRTG hosted an event recently where the sponsor engaged Peter Doyle of Peter Doyle Photography to take photographs. With Peter’s permission I thought I would share some of his work with readers of this blog who, for two years, have patiently … Continue reading
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