Looks like Monday flew by without posting a Name That Plant contest, so Tuesday it is! I’m really proud of this plant above. It’s come a long way since planting it in one of the bathtubs early in the summer. It looked very grassy then, almost like chives. But like the chives, too, each grass [...]

Some animal has been lunching on the Sixpoint roof garden, too. Or more likely, midnight snacking, in stealth. All the leafy greens have gotten a little chewed, including these ones, which are hardy enough to withstand the recent cold. It’s a purple variety of a “green,” so that will be the first word of its [...]

Some plants you introduce into a garden for the sole purpose of luring bees. This happens to be one of them. Its blossoms are sweet, sticky and full of nectar. Though it’s an ornamental plant, it’s helped many of the edible ones on the roof, like squashes, get pollinated and produce. Plus, it’s an attractive [...]

Welcome to fall, and the start of some major downtime for the rooftop garden. We’re still getting tomatoes, peppers and leafy greens — and for some reason, strawberries still keep ripening on the vines — but much of the summery stuff like cucumbers and zucchini seem to have spat their last fruits for the season. [...]

It’s the last week of summer, so to speak, with Labor Day around the corner. Hope everyone’s had a blast. This is one of the plants I’ve been looking forward to eating the whole time, and it’s just about ready to harvest here. Know what it is? I won’t give up any clues, but the [...]

At Sixpoint, we value creativity inside and outside of the tanks — and the kitchen. So there’s a contest going on to design your own poster for the brewery. Here are some of the ones that talented fans have submitted so far, and you can check out the rest of them here. Animal puns rule!

Sometimes, one can fall into trap he or she smirkingly set. So it happened when I completely MIS-named my last Name That Plant plant! This Monday, I showed a photo of what I told folks soon after the guesses began was stevia; it was not. It was actually horseradish, which was right next to the [...]

It’s tall, it’s bushy and green, and if I gave away how it tastes, you might guess this one right away. So let’s see who can name that plant just by sight — it is edible, by the way. Speaking of naming that plant, on September 6th, I’ll be doing a lot of that for [...]

I’ve never grown nor have seen this plant being grown before. So this one was really fun to watch for me. It might not be the most difficult plant to name, but check out how huge and torpedo-like it is. (The flowers of the plant are also really pretty.) And the first person to comment [...]

Happy Monday, and hope everyone’s had their share of sangria in honor of Spain’s World Cup win. I got to pay a visit “upstate” this weekend — to the Bronx, where the New York Botanical Garden is located. (It might not that far, but if you’re coming from Crown Heights, Brooklyn, where I live, it’s [...]