Greenpoint has a nickname, “The Garden Spot,” which was given at a time when our area was truly a bucolic haven. Although it later became one of the most industrial […]
Tag: the garden spot
Posted inCommunity
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 […]
Posted inCommunity
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 […]
Posted inCommunity
The Garden Spot, Week 18
I was looking forward to yesterday’s storm, as my plants (and I), needed a little reprieve from the heat. It started rolling into Greenpoint around 3pm, and I moved some […]
Posted inUncategorized
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 […]
Posted inCommunity
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 […]
Posted inCommunity
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 […]
Posted inCommunity
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 […]
Posted inCommunity
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 […]
Posted inCommunity
The Garden Spot, Week 11
An appropriate title for this week’s column might be, “Sad, Droopy Things”. I mean, wasn’t that what we all were this past week? The H was O, as they say, […]