A free, self guided tour of private gardens in Willamsburg. On Saturday afternoon, September 15th, from 2-5pm, 7 households will open their doors and invite you to see the green […]
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Why Compost? To Make Greenpoint Green!
Composting is one of those things I really wanted to try this summer, and just didn’t. My boyfriend is sort of a neat freak, and I was worried the rumored […]
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The Garden Spot, Week 19
Goodbye tomatoes. Goodbye summer squashes. Goodbye radishes. Like any proper New Yorker, I am going to be away for the next six weekends of the summer. This is the hardest […]
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PIMP YOUR TREE BED
MillionTreesNYC is giving away a gift card to home depot and an official NYC Parks tree bed plaque to the tree steward who pimps out their tree bed. It is […]
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The Garden Spot, Week 17
I did a post a while back about all the other farms in Brooklyn that I was planning on visiting this summer. While I have been slacking on that a […]
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The Garden Spot, Week 16
So, um, do you guys have a favorite herb? In my post-college life, my favorite leafy green substance has to be basil. I seriously cannot get enough of it. I […]
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The Garden Spot, Week 15
If I’ve learned anything about small scale gardening in the last 15 weeks, its that you really do get what you give. This past weekend I attacked my garden for […]
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Is Greenpoint Safe? 10 Things To Do
Do you find it ironic that Greenpoint features the environmentally friendly Rooftop Farms, the new McGolrick Park Farmers Market, a Clean Green Dry Cleaners on Nassau Ave, among many other […]
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The Garden Spot, Week 14
Summer literally just began and already it’s a scorcher! My balcony garden has seen it’s fair share of extreme weather in the past 14 weeks, but I still wanted to […]
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The Garden Spot, Week 13
I admitted in my very first post that I was not necessarily a skilled gardener. I am definitely a novice, and someone who is prone to mishaps, or rather, serious […]