June Farm Pics

                                          (Growing corn patch)

                                          (Rose bush in the front yard area)

                                          (Seeds beginning to sprout)

                                          (In between the corn patch)

                                          (A day's harvest of kale)

                                          (A day's harvest of basil)

June Farm Pics

                                          (Growing tomato)

                                          (Growing bell pepper)

                                          (Growing snap pea)

                                          (Grapes are finally growing)

                                          (A day's harvest of snap peas)

                                          (Opening sunflower head)

                                                    (A day's harvest of mustard greens)

                                                    (A day's harvest of collard greens)

The Month of June

Since the last blog entry we have harvested collards, lettuce, radish, spinach, arugula, kale, 3 colors of roses, parsley, mustard greens, swiss chard, snap peas and basil. During this time we planted cucumbers, watermelon, decorative gourds, cantaloupe, tomato, orange bell peppers, green beans, pumpkin, spaghetti squash, butternut squash, cosmos, beans, kale, basil, turnips, poppy, marigold, mustard greens and scallions. Three trellises were built for our cucumbers, squash and snap peas. We continue to weed and water regularly. Work was done at Iyana House to cut back many of the tree branches to give more space and sunlight to the back yard and also a dead butterfly bush was completely removed. Also, shrubs and tree branches were cut back in the front yard at Morris Avenue. Finally, we made horseradish with grated radishes, apple cider vinegar and red wine vinegar. We ate this with 2 types of crackers. Good bye.



                                                    - Rabbi Stacey Van Rossum

Roof deck pics

                                          (Bed of sweet peppers and tomatoes)

                                          (Rose bush)

                                          (Growing snap peas)

                                          (Fig leaves on a fig tree)

                                          (Growing moonflower)

                                          (Mostly growing greens at side of building)

                                          (View of E. 111 St. from another angle)

                                          (2 of my 5 parakeets)

Roof deck pics

                                          (Far away view of the roofdeck)

                                          (E. 111 St. in full bloom)

                                          (White/pink rose)

                                          (Variegated dogwood)

                                          (Growing peach)

Roof deck pics

                                          (Lavender & basil)

                                          (Red rose)

                                          (3 planter boxes of lemon balm)

                                          (Passionate Rainbow Indian Feather, variegated dogwood & Coral bells harvest Burgundy)

                                          (2 hostas surrounding an unknown shrub)

Roof deck pics

                                          (Trumpet vine flamenco)

                                          (Coral bells harvest Burgundy & Cranesbill Crystal Rose)

                                          (Peach tree)

                                          (Hosta)

                                          (Planter box with basil, oregano, lavender and pepper)

More planting and we visit the roof deck