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Radio Interview: greenisgoodradio.com/2014/05/annas-potions-lotions-debbie-miller-organic-all-natural-products
Recent article in NYCLens.com that mentions me: http://nycitylens.com/2014/05//clothes-and-cosmetics-can-be-vegan-too
Organic Spa Magazine blog that features our Sweet Rose Cream: http://blog.organicspamagazine.com/mothers-day-top-10-green-gift-guide/
Our listing in the National Green Pages: http://greenpages.org/listing/annas-potions-and-lotions-honest-products-from-nature.html
Friday, July 25, 2014
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Summer Gardening in Brooklyn
July 15, 2014
It's been a fairly mild summer here in Brooklyn, New York so far with plenty of rain falling on my community garden plots. My chili peppers, squash, corn, and parsley are doing well and my Cottage Garden has taken off.
I garden a 4x6 plot at the Windsor Terrace branch of the Brooklyn Public Library--a small community garden of five plots behind the building. Two active local gardeners received a grant to start the garden, picked up recycled lumber to build the raised beds, and got mulch from the City of New York for the area around the plots. Gardeners take turns watering on days the library is open. We garden organically and start plants from seeds. The library is 4 blocks from my apartment.
My second plot is in the East Fourth Street Community Garden, located a block from the library, a Green Thumb garden on land owned by the New York City Parks and Recreation Department. The garden has close to 70 members and around 40 individual plots, as well as community areas that are maintained by member work groups. Garden members who maintain individual plots are required to pay yearly dues, put in hours in work groups, host garden "open hours," attend membership meetings, and work during garden maintenance days. We garden organically--no pesticides or herbicides. I was on the waiting list two years before I got my own 3x5 plot.
Last year, I proposed creating a Cottage Garden near the garden entrance. The garden's steering committee agreed with my plan and gave me a budget to buy plants. Work group members turned over the soil, added compost, and purchased flowers from a local nursery. The Cottage Garden contains Astilbe, Scabiosa (Pincushion Flower), Cranesbill, Black-Eyed Susan, Columbine, Asters, Purple Coneflower, Gayfeather ((Liatris), Daylilies, Cinquefoil, and Coreopsis, among other things.
As I have no garden space of my own (I rent a second-floor walk-up apartment in a private home), the opportunity to garden within walking distance of my apartment is a delight!
It's been a fairly mild summer here in Brooklyn, New York so far with plenty of rain falling on my community garden plots. My chili peppers, squash, corn, and parsley are doing well and my Cottage Garden has taken off.
I garden a 4x6 plot at the Windsor Terrace branch of the Brooklyn Public Library--a small community garden of five plots behind the building. Two active local gardeners received a grant to start the garden, picked up recycled lumber to build the raised beds, and got mulch from the City of New York for the area around the plots. Gardeners take turns watering on days the library is open. We garden organically and start plants from seeds. The library is 4 blocks from my apartment.
My second plot is in the East Fourth Street Community Garden, located a block from the library, a Green Thumb garden on land owned by the New York City Parks and Recreation Department. The garden has close to 70 members and around 40 individual plots, as well as community areas that are maintained by member work groups. Garden members who maintain individual plots are required to pay yearly dues, put in hours in work groups, host garden "open hours," attend membership meetings, and work during garden maintenance days. We garden organically--no pesticides or herbicides. I was on the waiting list two years before I got my own 3x5 plot.
Last year, I proposed creating a Cottage Garden near the garden entrance. The garden's steering committee agreed with my plan and gave me a budget to buy plants. Work group members turned over the soil, added compost, and purchased flowers from a local nursery. The Cottage Garden contains Astilbe, Scabiosa (Pincushion Flower), Cranesbill, Black-Eyed Susan, Columbine, Asters, Purple Coneflower, Gayfeather ((Liatris), Daylilies, Cinquefoil, and Coreopsis, among other things.
As I have no garden space of my own (I rent a second-floor walk-up apartment in a private home), the opportunity to garden within walking distance of my apartment is a delight!
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