Farm Report: The Death of a Sunflower

September 4, 2010
By Joanna
The title pretty much says it all so I’ll start off this report with the obvious: our last sunflower has died. I’m sort of sad as I love sunflowers. At least we’ve learned that 2 giant sunflowers in one pot on a very hot roof = a bad ending. On to happy [...]

September 4th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Uncategorized, What's Growing, food, growing stages, hydroponic system, seeds sprout | Leave a comment

Cosecha de rábano

August 23, 2010
By Joanna
Who doesn’t love a good radish? (Actually I don’t but that’s a whole other story.) We’ve had our first radish harvest! Some are sweet, some pungent and some right in the middle. Planted a little over a month ago, they grew up to be quite healthy and happy in our flood & [...]

August 23rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Uncategorized, What's Growing, food, hydroponic presentation | Leave a comment

Farm Report

July 24, 2010
By Joanna

We’ve had a very busy week at the farm. The heat wave a few weeks back took its toll on our rooftop installation but thanks to Lee’s quick thinking and ability to lug pounds of ice up some steep stairs, everything is back on track. I’m loving the sunflowers which are now [...]

July 24th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: What's Growing, food, growing stages, seeds sprout | Leave a comment

Our habanero peppers are going to be famous

July 20, 2010
by Joanna
We met husband and wife team Jason Hait and Ayelet Prizant a few weeks back at the Crown Heights Health Fair. Jason is the owner and Executive Chef at The Pour Gourmet. They were selling some of their amazingly hot sauces, marinades and mustards. Lee and Jason got to talking about peppers [...]

July 20th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: food | Leave a comment