Great piece in Edible Brooklyn about Rooftop Ready Seeds! We still have plenty of seed that you can grow this season available at Rose Red and Lavender. We’re hard at work for this growing season and will be adding some great new varieties next year too!
We’re moving a lot of seed right now- we’ve had to resupply our retailers and stamp more seed packs than you would ever want to in a year. Which is great for Brooklyn, knowing that there will be so many gardens popping up this Spring. And of course we love to sell ‘em. But this means we’re starting to sell out of some varieties. Some we just won’t see again until next growing season. All of our offerings are limited edition, so get what you can while you can!
Here’s an updated offerings list:
HERBS
Anise Hyssop
Basil, Genovese
Borage SOLD OUT
Cilantro
VEGETABLES
Bean, Jade Bush SOLD OUT
Bean, Ideal Market Pole
Chile, Thai Orange
Chile, Cayenne SOLD OUT
Chile, Shishito SOLD OUT
Collard Greens, Vates
Ground Cherry
Lettuce, Bibb
Lettuce, Deer Tongue
Spinach, Bloomsdale
Tomato, Blondkophchen
Tomato, Fox Cherry
FLOWERS
Marigold, Bi-Color
Sunflower, Yellow Disk (Large)
Sunflower, Jumbo
Sunflower, Medium Mix
Great to see so many folks out for the opening night party of Hayseed’s Big City Farm Supply, a collabo pop-up shop from the fine folks at Brooklyn Homesteader, Brooklyn Grange, and Domestic Construction. Hayseed’s will be selling all the supplies you need for agriculture of the urban variety, including our city-ready seeds. Find Rooftop Ready Seeds here between April and June 2012!
Big numbers in attendance for the opening night party!
We’re happy to announce Rooftop Ready Seeds is officially on sale for 2012. These are limited edition packs, so get your hands on em soon. You can find them at Rose Red and Lavender at 653 Metropolitan Ave in Williamsburg. We’ll be announcing more locations soon.
Busy stamping seed packs. We’ll be ready to go by the end of the week!
I’m still hibernating (aka farm planning and performing germination tests) but will be releasing my 2012 seed offerings very soon! I’m excited to announce fifteen new varieties to add to our original five. So, without further ado, here’s our 2012 offerings:
HERBS
Anise Hyssop
Basil, Genovese
Borage
Cilantro
VEGETABLES
Bean, Jade Bush
Bean, Ideal Market Pole
Chile, Thai Orange
Chile, Cayenne
Chile, Shishito
Collard Greens, Vates
Ground Cherry
Lettuce, Bibb
Lettuce, Deer Tongue
Spinach, Bloomsdale
Tomato, Blondkophchen
Tomato, Fox Cherry
FLOWERS
Marigold, Bi-Color
Sunflower, Yellow Disk (Large)
Sunflower, Jumbo
Sunflower, Medium Mix
More info to come!
Wow. We started small to see how people would take to the idea of a Brooklyn-based seed company. Little did we know that people would like it this much- we sold out our entire stock of seeds in one week…
Collard Greens going to seed on the roof
That said, we saved enough back for planting future generations and are busy doing just that. We’ve expanded to four different rooftop gardens/farms, meaning more varieties and more quantity next year. Look out for beans, mustard greens, chard, and more!
Thanks to all that purchased this year. Consider yourself cornerstone customers!
