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Category Archives: Weather
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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Manhattan Rooftop Terroir
Today I enjoyed the first rooftop asparagus of the season, which of course raised the knotty question of Manhattan rooftop terroir. Let’s start with the question of what terroir is: the unique, organoleptic qualities associated with food and drink from … Continue reading
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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The Snow Storm
The National Weather Service and New York Times have authoritatively harrumphed that the recent winter storm does not in fact have a name, “Nemo” having been chosen for ratings purposes by those for whom weather is mere entertainment. As gardeners, … 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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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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What zone is this?
One of the first things that gardeners learn is their plant hardiness zone, a helpful construct of the USDA based on the expected low winter temperature. Plant and seed catalogs helpfully tell us the coldest zone in which a plant will … Continue reading
Posted in Alpines in the Secret Garden, Chard, Kale, Ornamental Plants, Photos, Secret Garden, Weather
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Cold Frame Success
Although the cold frame was installed late (see previous post) and the first sowings of lettuce and spinach in January failed (see previous post), by late February my harvest of winter greens began in earnest. A salad from March 1: … Continue reading
Posted in Cold Frame, Greens, Lettuce, Spinach, Weather
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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
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