More pictures

                                                   (Fig tree)

                                         (Baby peaches)

                                                   (Figs)

                                         (Red lettuce)

                                                   (Roses and carrots at 111 St.)

                                         (Chris transplanting seedlings)

                                         (Salad bowl mix)

Season 2013

Hello. Garden 2013 began late winter/early spring but we have been unable to blog regularly because of technical difficulties. Those difficulties have been fixed so we can resume blogging. With the help of John Cannizzo and his team we built a greenhouse in the winter off season. This year we have a team of 10 which is larger than our team size in previous years. Both gardens are growing nicely. This year some of the plants we have planted are cherry tomatoes, beefsteak tomatoes, collard greens, kale, Swiss chard, stevia, sunflowers, amaranth, watermelon, lemon verbana, sage, beets, sorrel, carrots, basil, fennel, okra, sweet peppers, cosmos, squash, cantelope, mustard greens, purple beans, sugar snap peas, lettuce, spinach, radishes, corn, arugula, celery, and cilantro. Our perennials are marigold, lavender, roses and black eyed Susan. Our trees are fig and peach. So far our culinary activities have been watermelon soup, fried cheese, baked peaches with hazelnuts, sorrel tea, fig preserves, watermelon smoothies, baked kale chips, cherry tomato and fried cheese kebabs and quinoa. We have made plans to make ketchup, pickles and homemade pizza. The season is going well and now more workers are working in the garden.

                                          (Greenhouse frame)

                                         (John Cannizzo and his team at work)

                                         (John Cannizzo and his team at work)

                                         (Greenhouse in early spring)

                                         (Pat Callahan and Johnny in greenhouse)

                                                    (Okra seedlings)

                                          (Tomato seedlings)

                                                   (Johnny making paths)

                                                   (111 St. in Spring)

September to August

The weather is cooling down so we are beginning to uproot plants like tomatoes and sunflowers that have died and cut them up for compost. To this day we continue to harvest but the quantity of the harvest has dramatically decreased. For example:

On 9/14/12 we harvested:
Soybeans: 2 oz.
Cantaloupe: 1 lb. 7 oz.
Watermelon: 12 oz.
Fennel: 2 oz.
Japanese Eggplant: 1 lb. 12 oz.
Red Pepper: 6 oz.
Cubanelle Peppers: 13 oz.
Cherry Tomatoes: 7 lbs.
Beans: 12 oz.
Tomatoes: 2 lbs. 2 oz.
Basil: 6 oz.
Kale: 1 lb. 4 oz.
Chard: 2 lbs. 4 oz.
Collards: 2 lbs. 4 oz.
Celery: 3 oz.
A total of 21 lbs. 9 oz.

On 9/21/12 we harvested:
Tomatoes: 1 lb. 6 oz.
Cubanelle Peppers: 11 oz.
Collards: 14 oz.
Chard: 13 oz.
Kale: 1 lb. 4 oz.
A total of 5 lbs.

Work on the greenhouse began a few weeks ago. It will be located at the Morris Ave. site. According to John C. it will take about 10 weeks to build if we work one day a week. On October 12 The Bridge hosted 31 people from member organizations of the Supportive Housing Network of New York (SHNNY) for a seminar on Horticulture 101. Finally, I harvested the worm bin for the 7th time and I added the worm compost the the garden at E 111 St.


                                                                         - Rabbi Stacey Van Rossum

Pictures

                                         (A picture at the NYBG)

                                         (Rabbi Stacey, Chris, Natalie, Johnny, Pat C.)

                                        (Rabbi Stacey, Chris, Natalie, Johnny, Pat C.)

                                         (A picture at the NYBG)

                                         (A picture at the NYBG)

Pictures

                                        (A day's harvest)

                                        (Jan, Johnny, Pat C., Chris, Rabbi Stacey)

                                        (Jan, Johnny, Pat C., Chris, Rabbi Stacey)

                                        (A picture of the NYBG)

                                         (A picture of the NYBG)

                                        (A picture at the NYBG)

                                        (Natalie, Johnny, Chris, Pat C., Rabbi Stacey, Jan)

                                        (A picture at the NYBG)

                                        (Pat C.)

                                        (A picture at the NYBG)

Pictures

                                         (Edamame)

                                        (Amaranth)

                                        (Cucumber)

                                         (Growing cucumber)

                                        (Yellow Squash)

                                        (Butternut Squash)

                                        (Marigold)

                                        (Zucchini)

                                         (Delicata Squash)

                                        (A day's harvest)

Pictures

                                         (Bird's Nest Gourd)

                                         (Congo Watermelon)

                                         (Cantaloupe)

                                        (Bee eating chives)

                                         (Bee eating chives)

                                         (Fly)

                                         (Striped Eggplant)

                                         (Cherry Tomatoes)

                                         (Hornet eating marigold)

                                         (Row of sunflowers)