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
BHO does seem to be the only other poster on here using ROFL etc acronyms and ten exclamation points. So either BHO is a 12 yr old or the What.
I’m now becoming more and more convinced that The What = BHO = brickoven = cornerbodega.
All are incredibly stupid in the same way.
Dense, actually.
I can’t beleive the what is that stupid. How does he even switch the computer on?
On the face of it seems like a great idea but when i loook at our back garden and how filthy everything gets from the rain / polution mix I second guess. Still – I would think it’s better than just doing nothing which is what I will likely do in regards to garden on our roof…..
Grendel–nice post.
I have to say, while I think this is great idea, I think that the execution would be better served by using sub-irrigated planters instead. Notwithstanding the amount of rain we’ve had recently, when it gets hot and dry (and it will) the amount of water needed to water that roof garden is way more than what you would need with sub-irrigated planters. Not only do they use much less water (and use the water they have much more efficiently), are less maintenance, but sub-irrigated planters are much easier to control in terms of what does into your soil (so you don’t have to worry about your toxic Brooklyn soil) and are a much more realistic example for the rest of us who want to have a small patch of urban crops.
And no, I don’t work for earthbox or anything like that (but have had excellent results on my roof deck). For more info than you’ll ever want (I’ve spent way too much time there), I highly recommend insideurbangreen.org. Lots of links and tutorials on DIY urban gardens.
arkady…I LOVE both wild boar and venison. The best wild boar I’ve had in NYC is at Cantina Toscana on 1st Ave and 60th in Manhattan.
BRING IT BACK TO THE OT WHAT. I’M NOT GOING TO EXPLAIN TO YOU ON EVERY SINGLE THREAD.
GROW THE F&*&CK UP.
> I will await your answers…
Perhaps because he is using it in an explanatory rather than derogatory context?
Oh, I forgot, you don’t do context.