It is just a day away. The summer is nearly gone... One that started off super soggy and is now somewhat warm, a good amount of seaside adventures (yes, NYC has amazing beaches), picking wild flowers in the rain...
and a good amount of garden maintenance work, Brooklyn Planting has almost completed our 3rd year! It seems like only yesterday that we were a small seed of a company. Now, we look into the future and may be expanding and morphing into a new identity.
There are so many new projects in the "green" urban communities now! Rooftop farms, back yard farms, to raising your own chickens... It has not only become important for our communities and self to get back to the basics but it's also a huge social trend, which I love. If becoming in tune with how your food becomes part of your meal, perhaps an appreciation and interest beyond the simple consumption will create a more interested youth.
The joy people get when they see they can grow a cherry tomato plant or have a whole slew of herbs at their fingertips, it's lovely!
I think of the old "give a teenage student an egg to care for" class in high school (which I never did)... What if each student was given a plant to care for? What about a class on growing your own food? OR a summer vacation project where they grow something!
Start small, both in the plant world and people world.
... Just some things I'm thinking about as we break into September.
I have some nice photos of window boxes in their full glory. It should be fun to see the 1st day planting pics and the three months later shots!
Support your local small farms!!!... oh did i ever post a link to my family farm in CT? My mother is Deb, the cutest little thing around. Wades Farm Fresh Don't mind the silly reporters in the beginning.
4 comments:
This is maybe a little off topic, but maybe you can give some good tips. I know I'm not in Brooklyn, or the USA, but I was wondering if you have some suggestions for house plants, or balcony plants that don't require much/any sunlight. I'm new at this. I like what you're up to!
yours,
Max
oh hello max... i will link you to another blog that i write for. it will give you all the info you need on that topic.
http://www.nakedapartments.com/blog/indoorplants/
there is another post about making terrariums, cutting flowers for small arrangements indoors...
where are you growing max?
So many of the leaves on my roses bushes are yellow - what do i do?
Can you recommend a good fertilizer? And a good pesticide/bug spray?
Any recommendations for intense 100 degree + heat - so many of my plants have become wilted
The bottom leaves of my hanging fern are always brown - what should i do?
Do you know of any pretty ways to keep my strawberries protected?
Hello Anonymous-
Ok, yellow rose leaves can be caused by a bunch of things like heat stress, too much water or even salts from water soluble fertilizers.
You can try treating it with
-anti-transpirants/anti-desiccants (like Cloud Cover or WiltPruf).
-Provide sun screens for new plants.
-Plant roses in areas protected from the afternoon sun.
-Mulch heavily around root zones to stabilize soil and near-surface air temperatures.
-For new roses, concentrate on root development during their first year.
-Irrigate from above during the hottest period of the day to reduce air temperatures (this may cause other problems).
BUT NORMALLY, I just pull off the yellow and move on. This has been a hard gardening year.
A good fertilizer really depends on what your growing. There are great organic products out there that will give you great results without harming the environment. I love Epsoma.
http://www.espoma.com/
and this is a great line of organic sprays
http://organicpharmsolutions.com/
For your ferns: just cut off the brown stuff. The under layers don't get sun, so they die back as the new fresh growth comes from the top. Most all plants benefit from cutting... seriously, don't be afraid to just give it a good hair cut!
Strawberries, protect it from what? birds? Try terry cloth tents... i see them protecting blueberry bushes all over New England.
Hope that helps!
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