Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Grow Forth and Prosper: 2013 Vegetable Seed Giveaway
If you would like some seeds just email me at thegardener at bucolicbushwick dot com with your requests. I'll give you an address where you can send a self-addressed stamped envelope and I'll send you back whatever seeds you've requested as long as I still have them in stock. First come first served so send your requests and sase envelopes asap.
Melon - Serenade F1, 78 days
Container friendly, rooftop friendly, excellent flavor, very productive plants. Highly recommended.
Sweet Pepper - Giant Aconcagua OP, 75 days
Container friendly, rooftop friendly, very productive plants. Open pollinated so you can save seeds! Highly recommended.
Container friendly, rooftop friendly. Recommended.
Container friendly, rooftop friendly, excellent flavor, very productive, disease resistant plant. Highly recommended.
Tomato (Early) - Beaver Lodge Slicer OP, 55 days
Container friendly, rooftop friendly, excellent flavor, extremely productive, compact plant. Open pollinated so you can save seeds! My favorite seed of 2013. Top Seed Recommendation
Container friendly, rooftop friendly, very good flavor, not very productive. Recommended if you accept the trade off between fruit size and fruit quantity. The tomatoes are large, there's just not a lot of them.
Tomato (Main) - Cosmonaut Volkov OP, 72 days
Container friendly, rooftop friendly, excellent flavor, productive. Open pollinated so you can save seeds! Recommended.
Container friendly, rooftop friendly, great flavor, productive. Open pollinated so you can save seeds! Recommended.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Reading Round Up: Brussels Sprout Edition
Diet Of Defeat: Why Football Fans Mourn With High-Fat Food
Health Consequences of Actually Living the 12 Days of Christmas
London Christmas tree powered by a Brussels sprout battery
The Bountiful Year - A Guide to Seasonal Fruits and Veggies
Seed Catalogs: What Is New in 2014
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Reading Round Up: Sneeze Guard Edition
Moon Turnips? NASA Takes Gardening to New Heights
How the “Sneeze Guard” Changed Buffet Tables Forever
UK: Supermarkets selling chicken that is nearly a fifth water
3D print your pizza with the Foodini home printer
A Potato Battery Can Light Up a Room For Over a Month
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Reading Round Up: Silicon Valley Edition
Can Silicon Valley Make Fake Meat and Eggs That Don't Suck?
NASA sends seeds to moon to test vegetable garden
How Not to Die of Botulism
New wrapping paper can be used to grow vegetables
Mandatory Country-of-Origin Meat Labeling Now In Effect