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Category Archives: Photos
Purple Haze
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
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Have a seat . . .
One of the unexpected pleasures of BRTG is the unusual experience of being seated in close proximity to plants. In most ground-level gardens, we experience plants as part of an over-all composition, such as a border, or only momentarily, as we pass … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Non-edible Perennials, Ornamental Plants, Ornamental Shrubs, Parsley, Photos
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First Berries
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
Posted in Berries, Blackberries, Blueberries, Photos, Strawberries
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Spring Planting 2011
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
Finally Spring
Many of the edible plants at Battery Rooftop Garden, such as the fruit trees and berry bushes, are new to rooftop gardening. It was far from certain that they would survive the extreme conditions of the 35th floor in the … Continue reading
Cold Frame!
The cold frame arrived on December 20. It is a thing of beauty, although a far cry from the traditional country cold frame, which usually consists of an old window propped up against a south wall, and a rough wooden box … Continue reading
Fall Colors on the Roof
So far so good. The Alpines in the “Secret Garden” survived the summer. Sedum album ‘Coral Carpet,’ below, puts on a brilliant fall display. The Stewartia, also a risky move for a green roof, seems to have survived the heat, … Continue reading
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