Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Reading Round Up: The Candwich Edition


Healthy street food in Jakarta.

Food cheaper in NYC than in other parts of the country, no baloney.

'Concrete Jungle' farming fruit off Atlanta's streets.

The disappearing Mexican mango.

Edible landscaping in parks to feed the homeless.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Reading Round Up: 7-Up Cakes Edition

Bucolic Bushwick Rooftop Vegetable Garden May 23 2011

Get the dirt on potting mixes.

Building greenhouse farms on urban roofs.

Restaurants can use the Vegawatt to convert waste vegetable oil into electricity.

Guerrilla gardens are going mainstream in Vancouver.

Less is more, the SRI method of crop management increases yield while reducing costs, labor, and inputs.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Indoor Vegetable Gardening Harvest: Beets

Bucolic Bushwick Indoor Vegetable Gardening

My seed starting setup left just enough room to add one planter to the windowsill. Instead of a house plant I decided to continue with the indoor vegetable gardening experiment. Last time I grew radishes, this time it's beets, Detroit Dark Red.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Reading Round Up: Robo Waiter Edition

Bucolic Bushwick 2011 Vegetable Seedlings

These seedlings will be planted on the roof as soon as it stops raining.

Bust the farmer's market myth.

A year after opening, Panera’s pay-what-you-want cafĂ© proving successful.

Melatonin brownies.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is preparing to approve a new strain of genetically engineered drought resistant corn.

New rules usher in a tasty comeback for Cuban food.

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Garden Prep is Done + More Containers for the Roof

Bucolic Bushwick 2011 Rooftop Vegetable Garden

The garden is ready to go! Every container  has been mulched, fertilized, and caged/staked. All that's left to do is to transfer the plants to their permanent home.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Reading Round Up: Ghostface Killah Edition

Bucolic Bushwick 2011 Vegetable Plants

Hoof power returns to small farms.

The Second Green Revolution: An Alliance of Organic Farmers and Genetic Engineers

White Castle expands online ordering. Thank god they didn't have this when I was in high school.

Price nearly as important in taste in grocery poll.

Study finds people who stay up late eat more and eat worse.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Preparing the Garden

Bucolic Bushwick Garden Prep

When the weather allows I've been prepping the garden for planting. I like to do this a little bit at a time, an hour after work or a couple hours on the weekend. Adding soil to containers that look a little low, adding stakes/cages where needed, removing/replacing mulch, etc. are tasks done over a long period of time and completed days before the plants go out. Doing this beforehand means an enjoyable, stress free planting day.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Reading Round Up: Tomato Tree Edition

Bucolic Bushwick 2011 Seedlings

I've begun hardening off the younger seedlings. My excitement grows the closer we get to planting time, I can't wait to see what the future brings!

Interest in small scale agriculture continues to grow.

Texting on the farm.

USDA rule encourages local food for school meals.

Understanding how plants deal with stress can improve yield.

More on human cheese.

Control pests with 'push-pull' intercropping.