http://www.cosaboom.com/rooftop/blog Diary of a rooftop garden that dreams of growing into an urban farm. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:26:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday I dismantled the irrigation system and cleaned everything up on the roof. I'm happy to see no signs of extra wear-and-tear where the containers rested on two-by-fours. Another successful season on the roof. The action continues downstairs now. http://www.cosaboom.com/rooftop/blog/?p=31 Well, honestly, I've been harvesting for weeks now but haven't taken the time to post about it. But we've been without rain for a while, a storm is predicted for this afternoon, and I just have a feeling the time is right to bring in everything that's dark red. This ... http://www.cosaboom.com/rooftop/blog/?p=29 Last week I was really impressed that the last full de arbol plant was looking really heavy with dark red fruit and I was tempted to harvest right then. But the weather forecast looked like another week of hot sunny days and I mentally savored the extra spicy flavor that ... http://www.cosaboom.com/rooftop/blog/?p=28 We got back from the lake Saturday night before dark and I climbed up to the roof to see how things made it for two weeks unattended. Many plants look on the dry side, leaves a bit pale and droopy, definitely look like they are wanting fertilizer. But all still ... http://www.cosaboom.com/rooftop/blog/?p=27 I'm worried about my plants. Hope everything is growing fine on the roof back home. http://www.cosaboom.com/rooftop/blog/?p=26 A week or so ago I couldn't resist picking a fruit or two with immature color and they were nasty. Today a few of the chiltepin were fully red and again I couldn't resist picking some. And this time they're delicious! The standout is a Tarahumara chiltepin which is producing ... http://www.cosaboom.com/rooftop/blog/?p=25 I've always favored a wildish yard. If a weed is beautiful I might let it grow, and this year just about anything vigorous was able to amake a run for it in our backyard as weeks went by without yardwork. Yesterday afternoon I pruned back a particularly sprawling cherry tomato ... http://www.cosaboom.com/rooftop/blog/?p=24 I thought it would be sweet to transplant a couple of morning glory seedlings from the backyard to empty containers on the roof. Mostly I was curious to see if they would survive the transplant, and then what the climate up there would do to them. I also had a ... http://www.cosaboom.com/rooftop/blog/?p=22 Haven't been spending a whole lot of time up on the roof lately. We've been going away the past couple weekends and my energy level has been low during the week. So I don't know exactly when the problem started but there are holes eaten into a couple of ancho ... http://www.cosaboom.com/rooftop/blog/?p=23 Went to Loew's today and got some poly trellis for the melons and more bamboo stakes for the peppers. I never have much luck getting the little grabber tendrils to grow around the things I want them to. We'll see what happens. http://www.cosaboom.com/rooftop/blog/?p=21