Saturday, September 24, 2011

An Active Citizen Project at Amboy Park in Brownsville, Brooklyn.

                 Young Padron peppers intercropped with Ruby Streaks Mustard.
                 New beds established to utilize good sun.
                Astro arugula in foreground, pearl onions in back.
        An end block of feverfew in each of these three beds.
      Bronze fennel, dill, tithonia, yarrow, scabiosa and kale in this border planting.
                       Red Choi and Astro arugula.
                Borage and calendula to attract pollinators.
                                          Lettuce beds behind tithonia.

     This bed is full of summer squash and has two canteloupe interplanted.
 This large bed is a pepper and tomato nursery.  The two beds on the right just had spinach residue incorporated, so I put straw on top to prevent nitrogen from volatilizing.
 I started brassicas indoors under lights.  Once ready, I transplanted them onto a nursery board with better spacing for further development.
 There are easily over 500 broccoli, collards, and kale plants here.
                  Young spinach.
    Brassica seedlings developing nicely -  notice the thick stems.  Probably two or three weeks from plant out.
               This spinach bed is ready to go.
         A mesclun bed of five types of greens.
               Tom Thumb Butter Head using a plum tree bed.
                            Tomatoes get ready.
             Big bed of beets, five varieties.

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