by Caitlin A This is one woman’s journey with small-space gardening in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Here is an appropriately corny picture of me with some flowers.
So let me start off with some back-story: Last year my boyfriend and I moved from one apartment on Eckford, to another apartment directly across the street. We upgraded from a small ground level two-bedroom (that we shared with a roommate), to a modern monstrosity with floor to ceiling windows and the tiniest…
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Ha, when you mentioned the modern floor-to-ceiling windowed monstrosity on Eckford I wondered if it was indeed the one on my block—yup. I’ll probably be sneaking peaks at your garden balcony now from the street. Good luck with the project, looking forward to the updates!
Awesome, Cailtin! Adrian and I got 4 of those planter things last year and we had such healthy, beautiful little plants growing on our washing machine. Then the day came to plant them. We took them outside, turned our backs for a moment, and our puppy gleefully stomped, ate, dug and destroyed each little sprout with amazing precision. So we weren’t too eager to try again this year, but you’ve gone done and inspired me!! I love the greenhouse you made, too! so neat! 🙂
This is a great column. I will definitely be keeping up and trying to get inspired for my own garden as well.