A co-worker and I went to an Indoor Gardening Class last night thru Jamestown Community College Warren Campus and the Penn State Ag Extension. It was fun and VERY informative. Much of the Indoor stuff we probably won't be doing especially when it comes to lighting, etc...but we walked away with many more ideas for the project we have planned! I'm VERY excited about this actually!
We will also be trying to re-use and re-purpose old equipment as much as possible - since there is so much of it around our building.
One of the main places we have decided to 'shop' for our seeds is Seed Saver Exchange. So far...here is what we have planned from this catalog...Bill - one of our part timers was interested in A & C pickling Cucumbers. My Mother-In-Law who is also our office manger wanted Stupice Tomatoes. Casey who is one of our Sales People checked off Joe's Long Cayenne, Hot Portugal, Tolli's Sweet Italian, and Georgia Flame Hot Peppers. Sam - who is our production person would like to do Amish Snap Peas, Green Arrow Peas, and Cherry Roma Tomatoes. Then there is me...I'm interested in...Dragon Carrots, Watermelon Radishes, Alma Paprika, Mini Chocolate Bell, and Sheepnose Pimento Peppers, as well as Black Cherry, Blondkopechen, Isis Candy Cherry, Lemon Drop, Tasty Evergreen, and Ukrainian Purple Tomatoes.
Karen, Sam, and Casey have had garden's before and I know that Karen and Sam are very good at Gardening. Casey said he would provide most if not all of the dirt, and Bill will help us out when ever he can, too!
This is just a Pre-Post of sorts to tell you what we are up to but I will be posting more pics very soon!
This is such an awesome idea! I can't wait to hear the progress as it gets started and up and running =)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm eager to get going on it but a little nervous...I don't have much of a green thumb! I've talked to a few Master Gardeners from both Penn State as well as Cornell so do I have some people I can bounce ideas off of, too!
DeleteSounds like a great idea, now can all the things you planted be planted together? Depending on what's planted some times they might have different requirements.
ReplyDeleteI think we are going to have separate containers throughout the rooftop, actually, just incase we need to move them or if there is an issue...ya know!? I hope to post more about this adventure in the very near future and throughout the season :) Your advice is always welcomed and appreciated, too! Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea and such a fun project to work together on.I need to start planning spring updates to our garden if we're not still in a drought, ugh.
ReplyDeleteGosh! We have plenty of snow/rain/flooding - too bad I couldn't send you some! LOL
DeleteGreat idea Jennifer to have a rooftop garden. Fresh vegetables taste so much better and are healthier. With 4 of you doing it together it such be very successful. I wish you all the luck. Thanks for sharing. Visiting from Healthy Happy Green & Natural Blog Hop.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the encouragement! We hope it works with our weather conditions, too! Fingers crossed :)
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ReplyDeleteI am so excited to read that you and your colleagues are planning to start a rooftop garden. That is so cool! I grew up with a father who maintained a wonderful backyard garden but now that I live in the city I have not yet started gardening. I have been thinking about joining a community garden or approaching the board to let us convert a rooftop greenspace into an organic community garden. Thank you so much for sharing this inspiring post on the Healthy, Happy, Green & Natural Blog Hop! I appreciate it!
I looked into a Community Garden last year and they are becoming more popular here, however, I wasn't sure about getting over my "UN Green Thumb Fear". I'm blessed to have a small group of people who are also willing but also more knowledgeable than I am for their know-how! I'm super excited to get started!
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