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.
