last week was nice,
And the week before that for that matter. The weeks seem to be flying by and I can't keep up with blogging all that I have learned. At first I was blogging everyday and then once a week and now it seems every two weeks. The work days are so full of different activities that need to get done, because it is spring, that before I know it is is Friday again. Another thing I have been dealing with is getting used to the schedule. I am so tired at the end of everyday, If I didn't live with my boyfriend, who is amazing and has dinner ready for me when I get home from work almost every night I don't know what I would do.
Well lets get down to it. Pricking is the process of pulling apart tiny little seedlings that have grown up together and potting them up into tiny little pots. This is a big task this time of year because of how many seedlings Wavehill does each season. Unlike other gardens they still propagate a huge amount of their own plants.
I have also been working in the dry garden on divisions of different herbs, mints, and oregano. I also learned the three d's of pruning, meaning you can prune anytime of year if these conditions are present. Thd d's are disease, dead, and damaged.
I will be starting a new watering area this week which is kinda sad because I have become very attached to the palm house. But I will still be working with the same gardener I worked with last week. Also this weekend will be my first weekend that I work. This means starting today I will be working seven days in a row.
Have a good week folks!
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Wavehill Week 3
Well Well,
Another gorgeous sunny day in the Bronx or should I say Riverdale. By the time I got home form work last Thursday at 7:30pm I was cursing New York up and down. I was pissed about my hour and twenty minute commute, my measly pay, and the high coast of living in New York, the lack of produce at Traders Joes, plus the super long lines at TJs, and of course walking home tired and wayed down by dirty work clothes and groceries. But then the weekend came and it was fabulous, I went to the MOMA to see Marina Abromavic's retrospective, ate cheap idian food, ate cheap mexican food, had lovely espresso with my man after a great bike ride, and went to my beekeeping class. So I love New York again and all is right until the next super deadly slow commute day hits me again.
Anyway more to the point what did I do last week at Wavehill and what did I learn!
Well I worked with one of the full time gardeners most of the week weeding, dividing grasses and things, staking peonies, grooming plants, potting up cuttings, taking cuttings, weeding some more, dug out a tree and a vining euonymous, and had plant of the week.
My plant of the week this week was Equisetum ecripoides which dates back about 375 million years.
All in all a good week but a late post about it.
peace y'all
Another gorgeous sunny day in the Bronx or should I say Riverdale. By the time I got home form work last Thursday at 7:30pm I was cursing New York up and down. I was pissed about my hour and twenty minute commute, my measly pay, and the high coast of living in New York, the lack of produce at Traders Joes, plus the super long lines at TJs, and of course walking home tired and wayed down by dirty work clothes and groceries. But then the weekend came and it was fabulous, I went to the MOMA to see Marina Abromavic's retrospective, ate cheap idian food, ate cheap mexican food, had lovely espresso with my man after a great bike ride, and went to my beekeeping class. So I love New York again and all is right until the next super deadly slow commute day hits me again.
Anyway more to the point what did I do last week at Wavehill and what did I learn!
Well I worked with one of the full time gardeners most of the week weeding, dividing grasses and things, staking peonies, grooming plants, potting up cuttings, taking cuttings, weeding some more, dug out a tree and a vining euonymous, and had plant of the week.
My plant of the week this week was Equisetum ecripoides which dates back about 375 million years.
All in all a good week but a late post about it.
peace y'all
Sunday, April 4, 2010
poem sunday ;)
my heart
wrapped up tight
in the flesh of your skin
settles in between
tight airy places,
the life wrinkles of palm,
the crevice of elbow meeting arm,
the envelopes of hairy thighs.
my heart
becomes a warm water
when looking upon
your Mediterranean eyes
and that strong boned nose
my heart
wanders over our bodies
as we sleep
and makes
quiet love between
our touching toes
wrapped up tight
in the flesh of your skin
settles in between
tight airy places,
the life wrinkles of palm,
the crevice of elbow meeting arm,
the envelopes of hairy thighs.
my heart
becomes a warm water
when looking upon
your Mediterranean eyes
and that strong boned nose
my heart
wanders over our bodies
as we sleep
and makes
quiet love between
our touching toes
Saturday, April 3, 2010
nostalgia for Pittsburgh
I am here in New York.
Living my life moving forward, learning things.
But I miss Pittsburgh.
I have been lucky enough to live in and visit many cities around the world.
But never have a felt the passion for a place like I have Pittsburgh.
Surrounded by three rivers and filled with large areas of green space.
It's a post industrial jungle, like the wild west at times.
You can mold the city into whatever shape you like because space is a plenty and cheap.
No other city has as much access to waterfront to the general public or as many free cultural events.
Never have I felt the warmth of a great community of young and old people anywhere else.
Yes there is plenty to complain about and when you have lived there for a while and maybe you can't even see how awesome it is anymore, which is why travel is very important no matter where you live.
That is why I plan to move back as soon as I can.
Because I miss what I had there, I miss my rivers, my parks and cemeteries, my neighborhood gardens, my friends, my co-op, my warm summer night bike rides across the 31st bridge, my studio, my inexpensive rent, my bad memories, and my good. I love Pittsburgh like I love summer; when you got it you want it to be cold and when you don't got it you want it to be hot
Peace and love ch'all ;)
Living my life moving forward, learning things.
But I miss Pittsburgh.
I have been lucky enough to live in and visit many cities around the world.
But never have a felt the passion for a place like I have Pittsburgh.
Surrounded by three rivers and filled with large areas of green space.
It's a post industrial jungle, like the wild west at times.
You can mold the city into whatever shape you like because space is a plenty and cheap.
No other city has as much access to waterfront to the general public or as many free cultural events.
Never have I felt the warmth of a great community of young and old people anywhere else.
Yes there is plenty to complain about and when you have lived there for a while and maybe you can't even see how awesome it is anymore, which is why travel is very important no matter where you live.
That is why I plan to move back as soon as I can.
Because I miss what I had there, I miss my rivers, my parks and cemeteries, my neighborhood gardens, my friends, my co-op, my warm summer night bike rides across the 31st bridge, my studio, my inexpensive rent, my bad memories, and my good. I love Pittsburgh like I love summer; when you got it you want it to be cold and when you don't got it you want it to be hot
Peace and love ch'all ;)
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Week 2 at the Whill
Well I have been bad about logging my experiences this week I must admit.The tasks this week have been very spring cleaning centric.
Mon. was filled with cleaning out the pond while it was raining as was Tuesday. Cleaning out the pond, which hadn't been cleaned out in recent Wavehill staff history, had us interns and gardeners shoveling muck and gravel out of the bottom of the pool into buckets and then dumping those buckets on various parts of the grounds. While some people were doing that other people were using push brooms to push water and watery muck towards the garbage pump, that we had rented to help move the job along faster. We also removed some thirty or so buckets, often very heavy, from the interior of the pond that held water plants. I am telling you this wasn't an easy task but I really got into it. Even in the rain I was singing along, you know that song form Mary Poppins Chim Chimney Chim Chim Cher Roo? I like to keep busy.
The rest of the week I helped one of the other gardeners in the greenhouse and I learned about dividing plants today. We divided a clump of Miscanthis, a clump of pansy pink iris, and a clump of phlox. It was cool because I had never done that before. It made me feel bad for the folks at the High Line though because now I understand what kind of work they have cut out for them, with all those hundreds upon hundreds of clumps of grasses.
We also had our first Plant of the Week Thursday. Which is when each of the interns pick a plant and give a short presentation on it. I chose the Iris reticulata. I think it went well and I also really enjoyed the presentations of the other interns as well.
Things I learned:
1. I learned how to divide grasses and bulbs.
2. I learned about the plant Iris reticulata.
3. I learned that the good life is keeping your hands busy during the day, your mind busy in the evening, keeping your belly full, and having someone you love to kiss on before and after work.
peace out :)
Mon. was filled with cleaning out the pond while it was raining as was Tuesday. Cleaning out the pond, which hadn't been cleaned out in recent Wavehill staff history, had us interns and gardeners shoveling muck and gravel out of the bottom of the pool into buckets and then dumping those buckets on various parts of the grounds. While some people were doing that other people were using push brooms to push water and watery muck towards the garbage pump, that we had rented to help move the job along faster. We also removed some thirty or so buckets, often very heavy, from the interior of the pond that held water plants. I am telling you this wasn't an easy task but I really got into it. Even in the rain I was singing along, you know that song form Mary Poppins Chim Chimney Chim Chim Cher Roo? I like to keep busy.
The rest of the week I helped one of the other gardeners in the greenhouse and I learned about dividing plants today. We divided a clump of Miscanthis, a clump of pansy pink iris, and a clump of phlox. It was cool because I had never done that before. It made me feel bad for the folks at the High Line though because now I understand what kind of work they have cut out for them, with all those hundreds upon hundreds of clumps of grasses.
We also had our first Plant of the Week Thursday. Which is when each of the interns pick a plant and give a short presentation on it. I chose the Iris reticulata. I think it went well and I also really enjoyed the presentations of the other interns as well.
Things I learned:
1. I learned how to divide grasses and bulbs.
2. I learned about the plant Iris reticulata.
3. I learned that the good life is keeping your hands busy during the day, your mind busy in the evening, keeping your belly full, and having someone you love to kiss on before and after work.
peace out :)
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