Manhattan Rooftop Garden Project: Indoor Salad Greens

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.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Indoor Salad Greens

It may have snowed yesterday, but inside, it's toasty warm and things are still growing. Back in early November or late October (I'm not sure, because I was bad and too lazy to write it down here), I let everything in my window boxes die and replanted. I really only lost my rosemary, which I'll have to replace, and my orange mint, which I never really liked or used. I resowed Arugula (top) and the Rocky Top Lettuce mix (bottom) in these window boxes. I think they could due with a bit of fertilizer, but I'm so lazy about that. I'll probably eat the lettuce in a salad with a sprinkling of tiny arugula leaves, soon.

And, I also resowed my basil, which seems to be growing healthily, if slowly. I am day dreaming of some winter pesto... =)

2 comments:

Unknown said...: Hi Laura. I am a student journalist at Columbia and I am doing my master's project on vertical farming. I am trying to find people who live in the city and our growing their own food on their rooftops. I would love to meet you and speak with you in depth about your project.

Please contact me at asgriffin12@yahoo.com or asg2173@columbia.edu if you are willing to speak with me about this. I would greatly appreciate it as I am having trouble finding people like you at this point in the year. Thanks!

Amber Sandoval-Griffin; January 6, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Anonymous said...: Hi Laura,

I'm a filmmaker in New York whose doing a feature film on nature in the city. I'm doing some research about roof gardens in the city and came across your wonderful blog.

I would love to talk to you about your garden and learn more about your project. Would it be possible to meet with you?

I can be reached by email at raulbarcelona@nycmail.com.

Thanks for any help!

Raul Barcelona, Filmmaker
New York, NY; March 19, 2009 at 12:34 AM

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

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Indoor Salad Greens

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