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
dave – i didn’t know it either until i had an epiphany this spring(!)
studying up now for an apprenticeship at an organic farm in hawaii next year.
i’m soaking sundried tomatoes now for lunch.
Dibs – Will you make sauce chausseur w/ your currants & serve it w/ wild boar or venison?
I’m a carnivore & don’t really care about vege so it’s hard to be a locavore. I’m not an omnivore so squirrels & rats don’t appeal.
What, don’t see your point here…
I need to ask everyone here a question- Why was Dave allowed to use the “N word” without any repercussions from the Brownstoner readers???????!!!!
I will await your answers…
The What (Reaches for the Rocket Launcher)
Someday this war is gonna end…
“Yes, Kens, “faggot” is as bad as “nigger.” Both are typically used in the same tone and for the same effect. Both will get you an upgrade to a hate crime when assault is involved. Oddly though, both are used by repective members of both groups amongst themselves.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 23, 2009 11:25 AM”
winthropst…I didn’t know you were such the gardener. You should come over to see my tomatoes. 🙂
dave – plastic covers are used primarily for the greenhouse effect but they also help with the wind when they can be kept to stay put. plastic that is placed on wire hoops (so as not to damage certain plants) fly away more easily like you said.
plastic placed closer to the ground and to the plant has a better chance of staying put – also sometimes it’s kept on beyond just the beginning of the season. lighter colored plastic reflects the sun and allows better production at the peak of growing season while black plastic accelerates the heat and gets some plants ready for the beginning.
mopey dick, it’s funny you said that. As I passed over the Empire Stores (on the Brooklyn Bridge) the other day, I was wondering if there isn’t something they could do with the rooftops, which appear to be covered in black tar.
I’d be interested in more details about what they had to do to the roof before they brought in all the soil.
This really is what they should do with the roof of the Empire Stores in Dumbo. Encourage the French Culinary Institute or the Culinary Institute of America to open a school and restaurant in the building and then build the most kick ass urban roof farm on the large flat roof. There could even be an outdoor restaurant up there that is open a few months of the year where most of the fruits and vegetables that are served were grown right there!