Blog Detail
Bucolic Bushwick
http://www.bucolicbushwick.com/
I'm a woman in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY who grows organic vegetables in a rooftop container garden. I write about what I grow, how I grow it and how I deal with plant diseases and pests. Everything I learn about the growing process I'll share on this blog. I'm new at this so it should be an interesting journey.
- Added on: May 5th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Elaine
- Listed in: Gardening Lawn & Garden
- Tags: brooklyn container gardening organic gardening bushwick vegetable gardening rooftop
Recent Posts
Reading Round Up: Corn Gluten Edition
Lots of interesting garden trivia here.Maybe I should consider a career change. More and more people are hiring others to garden vegetables in their own backyard. Hmmm, seeds or transplants? I prefer seeds, it takes more time and effort, but your ...
Harvest Report 09 2009
My autumn seeds have sprouted, but it was too dark to take a photo by the time I returned from work. I'll do this over the weekend.Bell Pepper: 3.8 ouncesAverage Price: $0.29/ounceTotal: $1.10Cherry Tomato: 9.3 ouncesAverage Price: $0.42/ounceTotal:...
Vegetable Garden Spotter: the East River Update
I visited the East River rooftop gardeners last weekend. Saturday was a beautiful day so I walked from Bushwick all the way to Union Square in Manhattan. I brought my camera with me so I could take a photo when I crossed the Williamsburg Bridge. I...
Reading Round Up: Small Bronze Children
Happy Labor Day everybody.The NY Times Starter Garden reveals their harvest totals. I wish he listed all his expenditures. If he continues gardening I'm sure some of the costs could be spread over several years.Toronto gets their own urban farmers f...
Harvest Report 08 2009
Small harvest this week.I originally didn't want to plant any fall crops because wasn't sure that I wanted to be on the roof during these colder months, but I decided a small crop couldn't hurt. I'm going to use only a few of the containers and pack...
Plant Update 6 2009
With the cooler and shortening days I'm letting the plants get more afternoon light. So, as you can see in the photo, I've rolled back the reed fence. One end of the fence is fastened to the building's old, unused chimney. The other end is attach...
