Winter Garden Prep

Sweet Greens Are Made of This...

10.05.2009

The Bite:
And who are we to disagree? If you're looking for something for the kiddies to do, check out NY Botanical Garden's Goodnight, Garden event. Kids'll plant soil-protecting buckwheat and clover, as well as garlic tulips, daffodils, and flowering onions that'll bloom come April. BYO kid-size tools, or just use ones at the garden. After, um, using and abusing dirt, they can do other things like make bracelets from marigolds or decorate frames with seeds. 
Why Care?: 
Showing kids (not just telling them) how to grow their own food may just lead to a lifetime of less packaging waste, lower carbon emissions (produce sourced from outside NY travels on average 1,494 miles to get to us), and fewer chemical pesticides. 
We're looking forward to seeing the garden in all its vibrant red, orange, and yellow fall colors.   
Wanna Try: 
Goodnight, Garden at New York Botanical Garden; Sep. 29-Nov. 1, 1-5:30 pm; 2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx (718-817-8700). Tickets, $20/adults; $8/kids. 

Check out our Guide to Victory Gardening for more tips.

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Cocktail Fact

In 17th-century Holland, tulip bulbs were used as currency.

Small Changes Add Up

If 10,000 NY Biters opt for a pound of local produce rather than food grown far away, we'll save enough diesel fuel to fill two and a half kiddie pools.

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Greens are really refreshing in the eyes.

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