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Roof Gardens in Prospect Heights and Beyond ... — Brooklynian

Roof Gardens in Prospect Heights and Beyond ...

neartoms
neartoms
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights
Hey,

I'm starting a roof garden this summer. I'm a first time gardener. I'm wondering if anyone could share pictures of their roof gardens for a little inspiration?

I'm also working on a roof gardening blog and would love to include pictures and resources on the blog if you're into it. Check it out: brooklynroofgarden.com

Maybe a roof top Prospect Heights party some time later in the summer?

Thanks

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  • hatemail
    hatemail
    Yours is probably a lot fancier from what I saw on the blog!

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  • neartoms
    neartoms
    Not at all . . . and it looks like you're growing vegetables on the roof? How's that going for you? I'm just doing flowers and herbs right now.

    I still have to post pictures of my whole little garden up there.
  • hatemail
    hatemail
    This is from a few years ago. It worked out pretty well except for the fact we had to scurry up the fire escape with gallons of water to keep them alive. But we got a lot of good herbs, some nice tomatoes, peppers...it was cool but a lot of work! My roomate was going to cooking school at the time and we thought it would be a fun idea to grow the vegetables for the final project.
  • neartoms
    neartoms
    Yeah, we have to drag water up the stairs too. I like your watering can. Where's it from?
  • hatemail
    hatemail
    Yard sales rule!
  • prospectus
    prospectus
    Alright, it's not a roof garden... but I'm rockin the windowbox basil!

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  • prospectus
    prospectus
    Alright, it's not a roof garden... but I'm rockin the windowbox basil!

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  • prospectus
    prospectus
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  • prospectus
    prospectus
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  • inpixels
    inpixels
    You can get seed, plastic pots and dirt at the dollar stores in downtown Brooklyn (or perhaps any dollar store in Brooklyn).
    They also have green garden stakes.

    A few weeks ago they had moss which I used in the undergrowth of my strawberries. Strawberries like to rest on stuff... like ..straw (that's why they call 'em strawberries ...or moss.

    I like to use wooden wine crates to grow my veggies. Just go to the liquor store and ask for their wooden wine crates. If they say they don't have any say you are willing to pay $5 a piece and you will get your box.
    you may want to drill holes in the bottom.

    Cookie jars make great flower pots too.. it's relatively easy to drill a drainage hole in a cookie jar. It shouldn't crack it.

    Sounds like some of you folks don't have access to a hose...
    consider getting a "rain barrel" ... they are giving them away for free in Queens
    http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/press_releases/08-15pr.shtml

    Don't forget to mulch during the fall & winter!

    If you don't want to buy your seed then simply eat veggies and extract their seeds for your garden!
  • inpixels
    inpixels
    My Empire of Dirt

    The "locavore" movement says we should only eat what is grown within a few miles of where we live. How about a few feet? An experiment in Brooklyn-style subsistence farming, starring smelly chickens, an angry rabbit, a freak tornado, a vegetable garden to die for, two psyched kids, and a marriage in the weeds.

    * By Manny Howard
    * Published Sep 10, 2007

    At 6:40 a.m. on August 8, the tornado hit my house in Brooklyn. Most people viewed it as a snow day in summer, a meteorological oddity. Not me. After a sleepless night listening to the wind and the rain intensify, I watched the sky turn green, then heard the hemlock tree in the yard next door split in two, clip the gutter on the third floor of my house, and bounce off the roof of what used to be our garage and had come to be known as "the barn." .....

    STORY CONTINUES HERE WITH VIDEO...
    http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/37273/
  • neartoms
    neartoms
    prospectus, I hope you don't mind I posted your pictures on my brooklynroofgarden.com site.
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