The Bronx Greenway Report
January 2008

The Bronx Greenway Report, developed by the Bronx Greenway Task Force, is now available here. 

Eleven routes are mapped and described.  Look up your neighborhood now.

Our 2006 Annual Report is now available

Read the 2006 report here.

The 2007 report is on the way.

PlaNYC 2030

Read the Preservancy’s letter and suggestions to the Mayor on PlaNYC 2030. Click here for the cover letter and here for the suggestions.

By 2030, New York City will add 1 million new residents; our energy, water and transportation infrastructure will be even less dependable; our environment will be at greater risk, unless we act now...

Read Mayor Bloomberg's plan to meet these challenges at www.nyc.gov/planyc2030

Fall Gardening Tips:

Take care of your garden before the ground freezes...

October is the best time to plant spring-flowering bulbs.  You can also plant shrubs and perennials until mid-fall.  Water well to help roots acclimatize. 

Remove spent vegetation, but leave some seed heads on flowers, for the birds. 

Once your flower and vegetable beds are finished growing, dig a 1-inch layer of compost into the top few inches of soil; you can also use compost as a mulch over the root zones of trees and shrubs.

Cut up fallen leaves with your mower, and pile them up with an equal amount of spent greens, to get a compost pile going for next year.

For your lawn, Cornell Cooperative Extension Service suggests:

If you use nitrogen fertilizer, apply 1 lb. fertilizer / 1,000 square feet of lawn, between Halloween and Thanksgiving.  Or,
rake about 1 inch of compost into the lawn.

Seed bare spots, and keep moist. 

After your lawn stops growing, mow one last time, to a height of 2 inches.

Go to Cornell's gardening pages or the NYC Compost Project for more detailed information.

Read the Golden Rules of Organic Lawn Care,  by the Northeast Organic Farmers Association.