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Persian cucumbers 27 Aug 2013 | 06:18 pm
To recap: the roof farm was planted late. Mid July. And I tucked these seeds in last, as an afterthought. Persian cucumbers, the kind I snap up almost every week at Mr Kim's on Atlantic. Small and smo...
Gloriosa superba - climbers for strange places 26 Aug 2013 | 06:14 pm
Although all five Gloriosa tubers were planted at the same time on the terrace, this one, in the shadier corner, has only just begun to bloom, weeks after the rest, which - just eleven feet north - la...
How do we sleep when our beds are not burning? 26 Aug 2013 | 03:59 am
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge It was a beautiful day yesterday, on and off the water. We caught the free orange ferry to Staten Island, and then the subway, which isn't sub at all, and we walked through a...
A way to end 26 Aug 2013 | 03:53 am
I think we'll do this, tonight. What will you do?
A cat's life 24 Aug 2013 | 08:25 pm
When evening approaches the sleeping cat stretches, pats the sliding door with his paw, and asks to be let out. Then he goes up to the roof, and begins his vigil. Sometime in the night he comes back...
Weeds 'n roses 23 Aug 2013 | 08:07 pm
Name of my new band. This is the rose I moved to the roof so it could live out its last days. But then it refused to die. The amaranth that germinates in its pot every summer shows solidarity. Amarat...
Red like candy 23 Aug 2013 | 08:06 pm
Do you know what these are? About the size of a small fingernail.... Taxus fruit. Drupes, as oppose to berries (cherries, peaches, apricots, and almonds are also drupes). Taxus as in yew tree, or sh...
Pink drink season 22 Aug 2013 | 03:27 am
They're ba-a-a-a-a-a-a-ck. But don't call this a girly drink. I'll bristle. My bristles are always ready to rock and roll. I have unstoppered the currant-infused gins. They are the perfect drink to s...
Point, not pluck 22 Aug 2013 | 03:15 am
This is Samson, waiting for a fare, on Central Park South. He ate a carrot while he waited. Poor Samson. I met him the other day after doing some reconnaissance for a foraging walk I will lead this mo...
Life goes on 21 Aug 2013 | 06:17 am
The Frenchman takes macro shots. The cats sleeps. The firemen look for fires.
