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Farm to Plate? My Produce is Traced Fire Escape to Bowl

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If you trace your produce back to where it was first harvested, on the average, it travels 1,500 – 2,000 miles to get to your plate. This is known as “traceability.” The salad I harvested traveled a few feet from fire escape to bowl.

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The First Vegetable Harvest from My Fire Escape

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After being away for six days, I was shocked when I returned to see the growth of the lettuces in my containers. It was time for my first harvesting.

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This is How an Urban Garden Should Look

After the poor display of the herbs on my fire escape, I was very happy when I checked in on my Brooklyn vegetable garden.

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Start Growing an Herb Garden, Not Killing One

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After a few days of rain, rain and more rain. I check in on my fire escape garden. The self watering containers look great, but the herbs in the upside down planters – well, they look dead.

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Checking in on the Gardens One Week Later

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It’s one full week since I’ve planted my vegetable gardens on my fire escape and in Brooklyn. Here’s an update on how things are progressing.

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My Fire Escape Vegetable Garden

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I set up my vegetable garden on my fire escape this afternoon with 3 buckets and 5 upside down herb planters.

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