Manhattan Rooftop Garden Project: July 2008

Garden History

Buckets	for Annual Fruits & Veg
1-3	Tomato Stupice (55 days) Seed started 02/15/2011. Seed sown 02/21/2011. Potted up 03/26/2011. Planted 04/24/2011. Flower buds before planting. Open Flowers before planting. First harvest .
4-8 -May?	Snow Peas (60? days) Seed started 02/22/2011. Seed sown 03/01/2011. Planted 03/24/2011. Last harvest 06/05/2011.
4-8 -May?	Sugar Ann Snap Peas (55 days) Seed started 04/02/2011. Seed sown 04/07/2011. Last harvest 06/05/2011.
4-5 May?-	Sugar Baby Watermelon (75-90 days) Seed started after 04/24/2011. More 06/05/2011. Planted 06/05/2011. First fruitling . First harvest .
6 May?-	Yellow Squash - Early Prolific Straightneck (50 days) Seed sown 06/05/2011. First sprouts 06/09/2011. First harvest .
7-8 May?-	Zucchini - Burpee's hybrid (50 days) Seed sown 06/05/2011. First sprouts 06/09/2011. First harvest .
Big Blue Bucket	Blue Potatoes Sown 04/02/2011. Added soil 06/05/2011. Harvest .
Temporary Bucket	White Potatoes Sown 04/02/2011. Added soil 06/05/2011. Harvest .
??	Bull's Blood Beets, Golden Beets Seed started 04/02/2011. Seed sown 04/07/2011. First sprouts . Harvest .	Chimayo pepper Seed started 04/02/2011. Seed sown 04/07/2011. Planted 06/05/2011. First flower 06/05/2011? Harvest .	Chimayo pepper, King of the North red pepper Seed started 04/02/2011. Seed sown 04/07/2011. Planted 06/05/2011 First flower 06/05/2011? Harvest .

Buckets	for Permanent Fruits and Vegetables
9-10	Asparagus Planted 03/20/2011.
11-15	Strawberries - Honeoye New planting 2011. Flowers . First harvest. Last harvest.
16	Blueberry - Briteblue Planted 03/05/2008. First ripe berry . Last harvest .
17	Blueberry - Northsky Planted 04/26/2008.
18	Blueberry - Chippewa Planted 04/26/2008.
19	Raspberry - Tulameen Planted 04/26/2008.
20	Yellow Raspberry - Anne Planted 03/24/2011.
21	Blackberry - Arapaho Planted 04/26/2008. First ripe berry . Last harvest .
22	Blackberry - Loch Ness Planted 04/26/2008. First ripe berry . Last harvest .

Indoor	Window Boxes
1	Italian Oregano, Mint Italian Oregano propagated 04/24/2010. Mint planted 03/26/2010
2	Rosemary, Lemon Thyme, Silver Thyme Rosemary propagated 04/24/2010. Lemon Thyme planted 03/26/2010. Silver Thyme planted 03/26/2010.
3	French Lavendar, Greek Oregano, Basil French Lavendar planted 05/01/2011. Greek Oregano planted 05/01/2011. Basil seed sown ~02/10/2011. Basil first sprouts ~02/14/2011. Basil first harvest .

Buckets	for Annual Fruits & Veg
1	Tomato - Bloody Butcher (55 days) Seed started 03/23/2008. Seed sown 03/27/2008. Potted up 04/15/2008. Planted 04/23/2008. Flower buds 04/30/2008. Open Flowers 05/15/2008. First fruitlings 05/28/2008. First harvest 06/22/2008. Basil Seed sown 04/26/2008. First sprouts 05/04/2008. Seed harvest 12/01/2008.
2	Tomato - Black Krim (69-80 days) Seed started 03/23/2008. Seed sown 03/27/2008. Potted up 04/15/2008. Planted 04/23/2008. Smushed/damaged 04/29/2008. First fruitling 06/08/2008. First harvest 09/19/2008.
3	Tomato - Hillbilly (85 days) Seed started 03/23/2008. Seed sown 03/27/2008. Potted up 04/15/2008. Planted 04/23/2008. Flower buds 05/15/2008. First fruitling 07/03/2008. First harvest 09/19/2008. Basil Seed sown 04/26/2008. First sprouts 05/04/2008. Seed harvest 12/01/2008.
4-8 -May?	Sugar Ann Snap Peas (56 days) Seed started 03/22/2008. Seed sown 03/25/2008. First Pea 05/15/2008. First harvest 05/22/2008. Last harvest 06/04/2008.
4-6 May?-	Sugar Baby Watermelon (75-90 days) Seed sown 05/07/2008. First fruitling 07/01/2008. First harvest 09/14/2008.
7 May?-	Yellow Squash - Early Prolific Straightneck (50 days) Seed sown 06/26/2008. First harvest 09/19/2008.
8 May?-	Zucchini - Burpee's hybrid (50 days) Seed sown 07/02/2008.
9-10	Bulls Blood Beets (55 days) Seed sown 05/07/2008. First sprouts 05/14/2008. Harvest 07/02/2008.

Buckets	for Permanent Fruits
11-15	Strawberries - Honeoye and Ozark's Beauty Unlabeled planting 2007. Flowers 04/18/2008. First harvest 05/22/2008.
16	Blueberry - Briteblue Planted 03/05/2008.
17	Blueberry - Northsky Planted 04/26/2008.
18	Blueberry - Chippewa Planted 04/26/2008.
19	Raspberry - Tulameen Planted 04/26/2008.
20	Raspberry - Summit Planted 04/26/2008.
21	Blackberry - Arapaho Planted 04/26/2008. First flowers 07/01/2008. First fruitling 07/09/2008.
22	Blackberry - Loch Ness Planted 04/26/2008.

Indoor	Window Boxes
1	Chives, Basil, Orange Mint Chives Planted 07/12/2007. Basil seed sown 04/26/2008. Basil first sprouts 05/04/2008. Mint Planted 07/12/2007
2	Rocky Top Lettuce Mix Seed sown 03/24/2008. First sprouts 03/27/2008. First harvest 04/24/2008.
3	Arugula Seed sown 03/24/2008. First sprouts 03/26/2008. First harvest 04/24/2008

Seeds I have, some to trade. Just ask.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Lots of Fruits to Come!

Check out this watermelon! I dunno if it will survive to adulthood as the other side of it is slightly irregular as if from scalding. I can't think how that happened, as the plants were well watered all week. But, it really has exploded from the tiny fruitling I saw last week.

This Arapaho flower is fast turning into a blackberry! I'm so excited!

This Black Krim Tomato is starting to darken up a tiny bit...

I ate this Bloody Butcher. Yum... Though, I will say, not as good as I remember the Stupice being last year. God those Stupice were wonderful!! The Bloody Butcher isn't as juicy, more meaty and I feel, less flavorful. I suppose it's a matter of preference.

And really, the biggest accomplishment of the week is that I have Hillbilly tomatoes!!! I thought it would never happen. For some reason, that Blossom Drop was hitting the Hillbilly hard. I also noticed that the stamens of the Hillbilly flowers sit lower in the flower than the pistil, so maybe it is hard to get this variety fertilized. But, I noticed 3 tomatoes forming today, so I'm hoping to get something worthy of eating.

Finally, here's the Yellow Squash from last week, grown quite a bit from the tiny seedling. I'm envisioning good stir fry....

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Tiny Home Grown Salad

Here are the makings of my tiny home grown salad. Sorry for the dark pics, it was late! First, beets! 3 wonderfully small beets! It took them just around 60 days to be of edible size, but I really neglected them, rarely watering. I didn't really think they'd make roots! But they did, and they were yummy!

Then tomato!! There's a ripe red Bloody Butcher in there...

Then Swiss Chard. I picked a baby plant to thin it out from the larger ones.

All 3 elements washed and prepared for salading!

Bright red water as my beets boil.

No picture of my finished tiny salad because I ate it too fast! But, here's a watermelon fruitling to make up for it:

Stupice Tomato	4/30: Potted up. 5/14: Planted. 5/16: First fruitling. 6/30: First ripe fruit.
Peacevine Tomato	4/30: Potted up. 5/14: Planted.
Watermelons	5/5: Seed sown. 5/15: Transplant. 6/24: First fruitling. Mid-Aug: Fruit ripe.

Flats
1	New Zealand Spinach Seed started 03/23/2008. Seed sown 03/25/2008.
2	Bull's Blood Beets Seed started 03/23/2008. Seed sown 03/25/2008.
3	Rainbow Chard Seed started 03/23/2008. Seed sown 03/25/2008.
4	Rocky Top Lettuce Mix
5	Arugula
6	Bloomsdale Longstanding Spinach

Garden History

Seeds I have, some to trade. Just ask.

Experiments for the Future

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Lots of Fruits to Come!

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Tiny Home Grown Salad

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