Category Archives: Carrots

Breaking Records

Posted on February 18, 2014 by batteryrooftopgarden

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 | 7 Comments

Dead or Alive?

Posted on October 18, 2012 by batteryrooftopgarden

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 | 3 Comments

Over-winter

Posted on April 10, 2012 by batteryrooftopgarden

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 | 2 Comments

Purple Haze

Posted on November 4, 2011 by batteryrooftopgarden

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 | 4 Comments