Try This Green(point) Roof on for Size
How cool is this: Husband-and-wife green roof architects Chris and Lisa Goode starting planning this rooftop garden atop a warehouse in Greenpoint last December, enlisting the help of an aspiring urban farmer and a planting specialist from the New York Botanical Garden along the way. And so far the results are very encouraging, according to…
How cool is this: Husband-and-wife green roof architects Chris and Lisa Goode starting planning this rooftop garden atop a warehouse in Greenpoint last December, enlisting the help of an aspiring urban farmer and a planting specialist from the New York Botanical Garden along the way. And so far the results are very encouraging, according to an article this week from New York Magazine. Corn, radishes, lettuce and peppers have all been planted, and the yield thus far is being snapped up by such locavore-friendly restaurants like Marlow & Sons and Anella. Great stuff.
This Is a Roof [New York Magazine]
Photo by Lucas Foglia
DIB,
Who has time for reading things before commenting?
By the way, I’m totally going to get some engineers to assess MY load.
Posted by: RaginCajun at June 24, 2009 2:14 PM
ROTFLMMFAO at BOTH comments.
Yes Mopar, New York is filthy. Plants clean the air, that’s why we need more of them. I would rather eat an organic eggplant I grew myelf than the E-Coli variety they grow in Mex- I mean California, California yeah…
School, not scold.
BX girl, don’t give up, just talk to some older people from your neigborhood, horticulturalists aren’t born, they’re made. Look for an ‘OG’ (old gardener) and they should be able to schoold you on the basics
New York is filthy. They should be growing ornamentals or grasses on that rooftop.
The What = BHO = brickoven = cornerbodega = Dead Cat Bounce
Wasder, the only thing is those huge tomatoes your going to yield is they might have no taste if this rain keeps up. You might want to cover some of the pots if they seem to saturated, more difficult to keep the excessive watering off of the yard plants.
I have no problem with restaurants buying certified organic from upstate and Long Island farms (in fact, it’s great) but I’m scared to eat produce grown in New York City. I know what the air is like up on that roof, and it’s polluted as hell.
Roberta’s and others are also renting out space in people’s backyards. They claim it’s safe because they use containers.
DIB,
Who has time for reading things before commenting?
By the way, I’m totally going to get some engineers to assess MY load.