The End of the Season

(An Arrangement of Mums at the Bronx Botanical Garden)


(Flowers at the Bronx Botanical Garden)

(An Herb Garden at the Bronx Botanical Garden)

(Stacey)

(Pat, Tara and Caroline)

In preparation for the end of the season we have been planting garlic as a cover crop at Morris Ave., E. 111 St. and W. 108 St. We also added more green at E. 6 St. by planting 4 more hostas and 1 hydrangea there. We are also beginning to save various seeds from plants that bolted and regular plants like sunflowers to reduce some of the cost for seed next year and also to learn about different seed-saving techniques. We visited the Bronx Botanical Garden, walked around the grounds, visited the gift shop and were able to view an exhibit of Japanese Chrysanthemums. Finally, we have come up with two possible sketches for a mural that we will be painting on a wall in the backyard at E. 6 St. It will be nature/horticulture related and will add to the beauty of the backyard.


-Stacey Van Rossum

Final Photos of E. 111 St. & Morris Ave.

(Newly constructed tiers that are planted with 3 varieties of lettuce)


(Growing Bed #1)

(Bed # 2 & Bed # 3)

(Growing marigold/calendula)

(The view of the 3 upper tiers from The Pit)

Final Photos of E. 111 St. & Morris Ave.

(Growing tomatoes and broccoli)


(Tara hard at work)

(The Garden at E. 111 St.)

(The Garden at E. 111 St.)

(The Garden at E. 111 St.)

Summer departs and Fall arrives

(A woodpecker in the tree)


(Growing kale)

(Stacey with some wild sunflowers)

(A wild rose)

(Two growing baby watermelons)

The season is coming to an end. Many plants are still in the ground at our two main sites at Morris Ave. and E. 111 St. Over the past month we have continued to harvest and also sow some late season seeds. This year we had the same success with our leafy greens like collard greens and swiss chard. Tomatoes were also successful as was the Chinese cabbage (bok choy). The pictures that are posted show the variety of plants that we were able to grow and I will post one final photo of both sites to show how once again our garden went from plain soil, to which we added compost, seeds and hard work, to a lush and fruitful garden. We also harvested the wormbin for the 4th time and added the worm compost to areas where we recently planted new plants.

-StaceyCarrie Van Rossum

Mid Season pics from E. 111 St. Farm

(The growing garden)


(A bee in the garden)



(Growing peppers)

(Growing peppers)

(Emerging head of broccoli)

Mid-season pics from Morris Ave.

(Black Beans)


(Growing second tier)


(Audrey-Stacey in front of many headed sunflower)

(Chamomile)

(Cucumber)

A Trip to Highline

(The view across the river)


(The view from the Highline)

(Joyce, Caroline, Stacey and Tara)

(Natalie, Tara, Caroline and Joyce)

(One of the plants amidst the former train tracks)

On Friday July, 10 2009 we went on a trip to Highline which is an elevated walking area in downtown Manhattan filled with various plants. We had lunch, walked through and ended up on the west side near the Hudson River. Here are some pictures.