I want to start a vegetable and herb garden in my back yard, but I don’t konw what will grow the best in NYC?

August 13, 2010 by admin  
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I live in a brownstone in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn. I’ve noticed that a certain patch of grass in our backyard receives too much light (about 8-10 hours, depending). I’ve never had a garden, but I always wanted one and food is becoming so expensive and I love to cook. So, I wonder what kind of fruit and vegetables grow best in Brooklyn, NY. Any ideas?

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5 Comments on "I want to start a vegetable and herb garden in my back yard, but I don’t konw what will grow the best in NYC?"

  1. weather on Fri, 13th Aug 2010 10:02 am 

    as mentioned above looking up your usda zone will help alot. BEcause of NYC proximity to the water the bouroghs and the city its self is probably a zone 7a maybe 7b in densely bulid up areas of the city. Try to look for the “NEW” 2006 usda map because it is based on more info in more cities over a longer peroid of time giving you an accurate zone.
    chives make great potted plants and will come up every year around know. They are mostly spring and early summer plants though becuase they droop and dry back in the NYC humidity and heat of the summer, but will come up next year for sure. rosemary make great plants for the ground and will survive a NYC winter without much of a problem. if you plant in an area where it is windy in the winter than it will get damaged, but will come back. They may not survive if in pots all winter outdoors.

    the next few will need to be replanted or brought in by frost.

    BAsil make great shrubs and dont grow too tall, but if they do pruning can keep it nicely shaped. The basil will need to broung out aroung may in NYC and back in Mid october in NYC or early Nov depending on the first frost for that year. Tomatoes especially cherry tomatoes are great and although cherry tomatoes look bad by agust the blooms neve stop and you can be picking as many as 100 tomatoes a week off a large plant by september. Pumpkins make nice plants for areas that are wide and open and will be ripe by about september in your area.

  2. Maria b on Fri, 13th Aug 2010 11:01 am 

    I am planting a veggie garden too. If you go to http://www.squarefootgardening.com you will find out a ton of info. Basically you need to know the zone you are in, probably zone 6, this is how you find out which plants can grow in your town. I live in new Jersey which is zone 6. I am growing tomatoes, peppers, eggplant basil and cilantro, as well as flowers. Best of luck with your garden.

  3. Amy on Fri, 13th Aug 2010 11:06 am 

    If you are thinking about planting any herbs, don’t plant any mint. Thay take over your whole garden.

  4. rsriram_1999 on Fri, 13th Aug 2010 11:06 am 

    tomatoes cucumber carrots squire foot gardening and topsy turvy

  5. Peter on Sun, 15th Aug 2010 11:52 pm 

    There is an interactive version of the 1990 USDA hardiness zone map covering New York state at http://www.plantmaps.com/interactive-new-york-usda-plant-zone-hardiness-map.php

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