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Category Archives: Root Vegetables
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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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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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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Rats on the roof!
No, not the dreaded Rattus rattus or any of its vile kin, but the wonderful Rat’s Tail Radish, or Raphanus caudatus: I have fed the seed pods of this plant, which looks like a cross between a green bean and a snap … Continue reading
Posted in Chefs, Cooking and Eating, Legumes, Photos, Root Vegetables
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Over-winter
This morning I picked some baby kale leaves from the enormous over-wintered kale shrub and some older leaves from the over-wintered sorrel, gave them two stirs in hot oil, and added two fresh eggs. The result was so outstanding that your … Continue reading
Posted in Carrots, Cooking and Eating, Herbs, Kale, Soil, Weather
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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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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
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