November 2011
11 posts
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fall is...
in these last couple of weeks on the roof farm, i have had a revelation…i was busy mourning the loss of the lush green roofscape, and hurting whilst we pulled up the warm weather, leggy basil/tomatoes/marigolds and such, thinking how sparse everything is becoming, (the empty beds looking forlorn), when i realized something…
it is just fall, just one of the four seasons, all of which...
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right off the vine...
again offering bulging sweet fall snap peas right off the vine to everyone that comes to the roof, (the snow made them sweeter), and being met with physical recoil and quizzical looks and these type of statements…
“don’t you have to do anything to them first?”…
“eewwww!”…
“that’s not right”
“shouldn’t you wash...
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winterizing
so, this past weekend, (and for the past couple weeks on and off), we have begun to get the beds ready for their long winter’s nap. what does this mean, you might ask? well, a variety of things including mourning the passing of consistent warm weather. john and yemi had planted fall snap peas and bok choy in august and both are now exploding with bright greenness. the snow did not really...
aphids
curse you aphids! a pox upon the house of aphids!
