Winter dreams swirl with visions of my next sidewalk garden. Big plans, ambitious ideas, and general improvements are all part of the expanding agenda. Although a busy winter saw me getting a late start on my seedlings, by the start of April, seeds were sprouting.
sprouting
Under the impression that the frost date for Brooklyn was mother’s day, i have been dutifully counting down the days till my tomato plants would be safe out in the elements. Till that day arrived, tending tulips, coveting the southern climate and their early planting schedule
spring planting
The recent spat of warm weather and today’s record-breaking 90 degree weather got me sweating thinking, log-jamming some Spock-like logical thoughts into a little fact-checking. So it seems i was a little off; While the Hudson Valley, Upstate regions, and other Northern netherworlds still have some risk until May 20th, home-sweet-Brooklyn has been frost free since around April 10. Guess that means Saturday is a good day to start this year’s sidewalk garden.
Last year’s was good times…
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- tomatoes getting bigger
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- garden row
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- stevia & verbana sun tea
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- tomato
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- flowers & tomatillo/tree
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- garden dining
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- tomatillo bud
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- peppers(close)
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- sprouting
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- flowering verbana
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- spring planting
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- viney flowers
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- vine ripening
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- stevia
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- sungold(close)
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- burst of sungold
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- tree(drinking)
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- baby chamomile
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- window hot peppers
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- harvest
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- peppers(sleeping)
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- sprouting
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- tomatillo flower
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- sungold
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- lemon verbana
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- biggest beauty
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- flower
After 5 years of a backyard-less life, i decided to no longer deny my green thumb and invade the ample sidewalk space in front of my ground floor loft space for some gardening. I learned a lot about urban gardening and can’t wait to bust out version 2.0. Gonna go twice as big with lots more herbs, lots more tomatoes. My seeds aren’t quite big enough for their outdoor planters, so i will go to the farmer’s market @ McCarren Park and buy some starter plants. The Garden of Eve stand always has a good selection of heirloom tomatoes and herbs. My Stevia and Lemon Verbana plants were from them, part of the last year’s flower shares. This year I plan to expand into Mint and maybe Sage. Lots of thoughts, lots of plants…
tomatoes getting bigger
baby chamomile
