The trees at the corner of the triangular raised beds before being moved out.
I was recently asked by a good Japanese friend of mine to re-design her roof garden she had built some ten years in the view of creating a tree and flower space above her new apartment building.
The plan is to transform at least half of it into a vegetable and fruit tree garden.
I may not talk about the many reasons behind this project as this is part of a confidential venture, but I can at least describe my work as a journal.
I certainly hope to share views with like-minded souls in Japan and abroad!
2013 February 8th
We visited Jumbo Encho ( a very large company found all over Japan. Very practical!) to buy seedling trays and pots for vegetables and herbs as well as transparent plastic sheets to protect seedlings and soil less mix for the same. We also bought a much needed pair of boots for myself!
We continued work on the garden for about 3 hours. The work was mostly about pulling out all those low hedges!
The silverberry tree will be moved to replace the dead plum tree in the forefront right raised bed.
The 4 trees at the corners of the triangular raised beds will be replanted in pots.
The large conifer blue heart will be moved to the rim garden just behind the wooden bridge.
Plowed the soil inside the big pots placed at the four corners of the “herb square”.
2013 February 10th
We continued again work on the garden for about 3 hours in the company of Ms. Kinoshita.
We finished pulling out hedges off the four triangular raised beds.
The first tree in its new pot!
We transferred the four trees at the corners of the triangular raised beds into large pots placed at various spots in the garden.
The secoand tree in its pot under the wooden bridge!
And the last two pots!
We agreed on a second order and last seed order from Tane No Mori Company.
All seeds of vegetables, herbs and flowers organically produced.
Will order them by e-mail:
Flowers:
オレンジジェムマリーゴルド/Orange Gem Marigold
カレンデュラミックス/Calendula Mix
ハイビスカス/Hibiscus Roselle
クリムソンクローバー/Crimson Clover
Herbs:
セージ/Sage
ジャーマンカモミル/German Chamomile
コリアンダー/Coriander
ゼファフィノフェンネル/Zefa Fino Fennel
ラベンダー/Lavender
レモンバーム/Lemon Balm
タイム/Thyme
Vegetables
ぶらいとライトチャード/Bright Light Chard
リーフセロリ/Leaf Celery
キャベツフィルダークラウト/Cabbage Filderkraut
ブロッコリーパープルスプラウティング/Broccoli purple Sprouting
ブロッコリーロマネスコ/Broccoli Romanesco
ペイティドマオウンタイン玉蜀黍/Painted Mountain Corn
四葉キュウリ/Suyo Cucumber
プスタゴールドピーマン/Puszta Gold Pepper
長ナスジャパニーズピクリング/Japanese Pickling Eggplant
白ナス/Snowy Eggplant
ブラックチェリートマト/Black Cherry Tomato
ホワイトチェリートマト/White Cherry Tomato
グリーンゼブラトマト/Green Zebra Tomato
Check TANE NO MORI HOMEPAGE. Written in Japanese but worth looking for its pictures. You can download their pamphlet! Only organic seeds on sale!
RECOMMENDED LINKS FOR ROOF GARDENING
Best New York Gardening Blogs
Battery Rooftop Garden Blog (UK)
Green Roof Growers (Chicago)
Mitsukoshi Roof Top Garden – Ginza by Tokyobling’s Blog
NYCFARMER’S BLOG
The Tattooed Gardener
Town and Country Gardening
My Botanical Garden by Tamara
My Food and Flowers
Vienna Roof Garden
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Kraemer’s Culinary blog by Frank Kraemer in New York,Tokyo Food File by Robbie Swinnerton, Green Tea Club by Satoshi Nihonyanagi in Shizuoka!, Mind Some by Tina in Taiwan, Le Manger by Camille Oger (French), The Indian Tourist, Masala Herb by Helene Dsouza in Goa, India, Mummy I Can Cook! by Shu Han in London, Pierre.Cuisine, Francescannotwrite, My White Kitchen, Foodhoe, Chucks Eats, Things that Fizz & Stuff, Five Euro Food by Charles,Red Shallot Kitchen by Priscilla,With a Glass, Nami | Just One Cookbook, Peach Farm Studio, Clumsyfingers by Xethia, PepperBento, Hapabento, Kitchen Cow, Lunch In A Box, Susan at Arkonlite, Vegan Lunch Box; Tokyo Tom Baker, Daily Food Porn/Osaka, Only Nature Food Porn, Happy Little Bento, J-Mama’s Kitchen, Cook, Eat, Play, Repeat, Bento Lunch Blog (German), Adventures In Bento, Anna The Red’s Bento Factory, Ohayo Bento,
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