May 14, 2021 • 11:36 am 0
“One monarch, after all, is just a butterfly, but millions together make a phenomenon. One garden, too, is just a garden, but millions together make a solution”.
Sara Dykman
Filed under: Butterfly, Community Gardens, Community Green, It Takes A Village, migration
April 27, 2020 • 11:39 am 1
The single most important thing you can do for monarchs is plant milkweed. Some of you won’t plant anything that has “weed” in its name. You’re a gardener. Manage your garden. Include milkweed and other nectar and host plants in your garden for monarchs!
Filed under: Bissel Gardens, Butterfly, Community Green, Sunflowers & Butterflies, butterflies, Butterflies & Sunflowers, milkweed
January 22, 2020 • 12:35 pm 1
Butterflies, bees and hummingbirds make your garden come alive. Plan now to add their favorite flowers to your landscape and you will experience your garden in a brand new way. Spread wildflower mixes and favorites like zinnias when the soil is workable. You’ll also have a lovely cut flower garden in addition to a butterfly habitat. Encourage pollinators year-round with habitat designed just for them.
ADD PLANTS FOR POLLINATORS
Learn more about planting for pollinators.
Filed under: Bissel Gardens, Butterfly, CGGrows, Community Green, Environment, Bees, pollinators, wildflowers
October 1, 2018 • 11:12 am 0
“Native bees are essential to our species. Through pollination they provide billions of dollars’ worth of free services to our food supply. Through floral fidelity, evolutionary sync and specialized strategies like buzz pollination, they are better than nonnative honeybees, who are already overstressed and overworked. By gardening for bees and other pollinating insects, we ensure our health and the health of the landscape beyond the garden fence. Why would you garden any other way?”
Filed under: Bissel Gardens, Butterfly, Community Gardens, Community Green, Sunflowers & Butterflies, environment, flowers
May 10, 2018 • 12:52 pm 1
New York City has more nature than any other city in North America! Discover NYC native nature with free events in all 5 boroughs — guided botanical walks, garden and green roof tours, planting events, eco-salons, children’s fairs, and more.
Get to know the nature near you!
Filed under: Butterfly, Community Gardens, Community Green, Environment, Gardening, Sunflowers & Butterflies, flowers, perennials, sunflowers, wildflowers
February 6, 2018 • 11:51 am 1
We are working with the folks at Bissel Gardens this year to create a Monarch Waystation. This is a perfect “put your activism where you mouth is” project. For years we have supported the Butterfly Project, Native Plant giveaways and other garden projects that create butterfly and pollinator habitat. This year we put a “better point on that pencil” by creating an area that fully accommodates monarchs as well as other pollinators and is part of a national monitoring system.
We’re looking forward to it building on the Butterfly and Herb Gardens started last year and the Hole-Nesting Bee House in the Veterans Garden. Having more pollinators should significantly increase our vegetable yields and, with signage, we will be able to up the overall education quotient of the Veterans Garden as well. Volunteers welcome!
Monarch Waystation_Requirements
Filed under: Bissel Gardens, Butterfly, Community Green, Gardening, Sunflowers & Butterflies, Community Gardens, environment, milkweed, monarch, Sunflowers & Butterflies
It takes more than a village to raise a child in today's world. The world is more than flat or round or sun and moon. It's also the village on the other side of the river. The objects in the sky are different from that view. Community Greens, griot-like, tells a story. I invite you to share my view. - Chuck Vasser
Many people forget how important hydration is, especially after a seven or eight-hour night's rest with no water. Start your morning off right and get hydrated. A glass of water, a dash of sea salt and the juice of a fresh lemon will get your day off to the great start.
Health and Fitness
I couldn’t have said this better:
Do Something Active Every Day
Do Stay Engaged in Life
Don’t Overeat
Don’t Drink to Excess
Never Smoke
You already know you consume too much sugar and it can have serious health consequences. Manufactures sneak sugar into their products under the names below as “added sugars”. Be healthy. Read labels. Eliminate added sugar from your diet while eating fruits and vegetables that contain minerals, vitamins, fiber and natural sugar.
Draining and rinsing canned beans can reduce their sodium content by more than 40%. But taking just a few extra minutes is key to getting the most benefit. The reduced-sodium beans are ready to use in any favorite recipe.
According to new research 1. not smoking, 2. limiting your alcohol intake, 3. staying active, 4. maintaining a healthy weight, and 5. eating nutritious foods could not only extend your life, but improve the quality of it.
A riders determines how s/he wants to ride a bike and what type of bike they will use. Bikes, therefore, come in different configurations and geometries to suit individual riders. Different body positions suit each bike, such as 2 o’clock, 12 o’clock, 1 o’clock and so on.
Pet waste adds excess nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus to the environment. These nutrients many create unstable conditions that create habitat for invasive weeds. Responsively get rid of your pet waste. Don’t leave it on the trail/street!
Done right, crate training helps breed familiarity, trust and a sense of security between your pup and his crate. You should not put dogs in crates that have not been properly crate trained.
Mat Training- A mat, or a defined place for a dog to “go to,” is a versatile and useful behavior to teach a dog. A mat can be a a dog bed, a dog mat, a bath mat, a towel, a blanket, – whatever makes the most sense for the dog and the handler.
Rude Habits Of Dog Owners. These are some of the things people complain about the most when it comes to dog owners.
As the pandemic disrupts global food supply chains, people may have to depend more on locally grown food. Experts expect the number of people suffering through severe food shortages could swell to 265 million people in 2020.
Bissel Gardeners are glad they have been community gardening and raising food for themselves for more than 25 years. We hope when the NYC Pause In Place is lifted more folks will see the need for community gardens and will join us! Chuck the Gardener
Bananas As Fertilizer
The Butterfly Project
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