Time to Hit the Dirt: Starting from Seed
By Kimberly Sevilla
Owner, Rose Red & Lavender
I love seeds. I like looking at the catalogs, reading the descriptions, trying the varieties, saving them, collecting them, and trading them. I enjoy talking to seed growers and sellers and getting all nerdy about the different cultivators and reminiscing.
Urban Rooftop Farms, Hens & Bees
By Kimberly Sevilla Owner of Rose Red & Lavender, and life-long gardener I remember my first “rooftop garden,” in a walk-up on Avenue D in Manhattan. I attempted to grow some tomatoes in…
Combo Plate of Consciousness and Activism
If all New Yorkers in aggregate composted all their biodegradable table scraps, we’d reduce waste by a baseball stadium-sized amount each day. That many less trucks running through our neighborhood, that much less gasoline burned, that much less pollution… Let North Brooklyn lead the way.
Urban Gardening: Tomatoes Abound!
Brooklyn Grows with Kimberly Sevilla Help, tomatoes abound! What do I do? Yep, it’s been a bumper year for tomatoes, and anyone lucky enough to have grown their own, no doubt have plenty,…
Help, it’s hot as hell, and my plants need water …
Keeping your plants well hydrated, through the summer, even when you leave town. W/ Kimberly Sevilla.
Spider Mites! Bamboo & Mosquitoes
LOCAL MASTER GARDENER KIMBERLY SEVILLA ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS. Q: Help, I Have Spider Mites, What do I do? When the weather warms up, plants tend to get dry, and those pesky spider mites…
Container Gardening in North Brooklyn
Local master gardener Kimberly Sevilla answers your questions. Q: I’d like to create a garden, and I have a small balcony, what can I grow? There are lots of things that you may…
