Brooklyn Rooftops

[giuliacucina]

One of the glorious things about the warmer weather is that it gives me and M. more space. Our tiny, cramped Brooklyn apartment gains another floor - our roof deck. The rooftop is shared between the top four apartments in our building, and each apartment has its own designated portion. Most of the roof is just plain tar, but M. built a really nice

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[sybillini]

I love my little deck and my little deck garden too.
Let's hear it for apartment life.

I hope your plants are not as inundated with rain as mine have been.

[giuliacucina]

It hasn't rained very much since I put the herbs on the roof, so they are doing okay so far.

If you ever have any advice on what to plant on a deck, I'd love to hear it - my city dweller self is a complete novice when it comes to planting anything. Last time I had a garden, I was six years old.

[anna_esq]

That sounds wonderful. I can't wait to have a garden this summer! I want to plant herbs.

[giuliacucina]

All I did was buy little herbs at the farmer's market, already grown, and replanted them in a bigger, sturdier pot. So far, so good!

[shadowcat410]

"on a rooftop in brooklyn..."

-PJ Harvey

[giuliacucina]

Ha ha! You know I think about that song so often on my rooftop. It's actually one of my favorite PJ songs.