A Garden Grows in Manhattan
The summer solstice brings blinding sun and sizzling temperatures to the city garden. Days like today require a watering in the morning and again in the evening. The scarlet runner beans were attacked by some invisible enemy, but they may recover. Cabbage worms and aphids are jerks, but a little garlic and pepper spray seems to keep them at bay. Nearly all the spring greens have been harvested, as have the first beets, fennel, peas, and some garbanzo beans. Every morning, we bring in a handful or two of ground cherries.
Heirloom tomatoes: green zebra and Omar’s Lebanese
Tall telephone peas and the first blossoms of eggplant
The melon feels a bit behind schedule. Since we’re on the seventh floor, the cucumbers require hand pollination. (It’s not as dirty as it sounds.)
View through the garbanzo beans, and view toward the young willow tree.
23 notes
ognyc22 reblogged this from localme-blog - ognyc22 liked this
twowaymonologue reblogged this from thegreenliferi-blog-blog
g-isabellae liked this
peegaw liked this
rachaelhosein liked this
blueeyedcompanion-blog liked this
missminifer liked this
lovealltrees reblogged this from localme-blog
saintelumiere liked this
stillwater67 liked this
barefootnwild-blog liked this
la-flor-de-la-canela liked this
thegreenliferi-blog-blog reblogged this from localme-blog
adriennes liked this
delishytown liked this
localme-blog posted this
