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The Friday Farm Report, a few days late

Joanna — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:45:49 +0000

August 19, 2010

By Joanna

This report is a little late in coming. The beginning of August found us waist-deep in workshops, not to mention planting, harvesting an incredible amount of Fine Verde basil and experimenting with a bucket flood & drain system.

Thanks to Growing Leaders, who are partnered with BK Farmyards this summer, for being the first group to participate in the soda bottle workshop in our space. Up to now we’ve always held our workshops off-site. You showed us that our magical, expandable kitchen table isn’t just for dining. It transforms nicely into a workbench. We’d also like to give a big thanks to Heather Butts for bringing several young adults from her program, H.E.A.L.T.H. for Youths.

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For more information on our educational program contact joanna@boswyckfarms.org.

Thanks for another fabulous workshop

Joanna — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:16:52 +0000

August 2, 2010

By Joanna

We just wanted to say many thanks to everyone who attended this past Sunday’s workshop, Getting Started With Hydroponics. We had people from all walks of life including teachers, architects and even a lactation specialist. Our participants asked great questions and were pros at building drip systems.

If you were at the workshop (or attended earlier ones), please take pictures of the plants growing in your systems and send them to us!

September workshops – 9/7 & 9/16

Joanna — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:54:04 +0000

Getting Started with Hydroponics is an introductory workshop designed to teach you the basics growing plants hydroponically. It includes a brief history of hydroponics, the different systems out there and suggestions on hardy crops that are perfect for first-time growers. The best part? You’ll build your own Drip system! Getting Started with Hydroponics is taught by our Chief Hydroponicist, Lee Mandell.

The workshops will be held at Boswyck Farms in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The fee for the workshop is $40; the fee for materials is $55. Register for the 9/7 workshop or Register for the 9/16 workshop

Note: If you’re interested in learning about hydroponics but aren’t ready to build a system, the materials fee will be waived.

Hydroponic Workshop – 10/18/2009

lee — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:26:49 +0000

Boswyck Farms is pleased to announce a hydroponic workshop

When: Sunday October 18th, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Where: Bug Labs, 598 Broadway, 4th floor (the corner of Broadway and Houston)

The workshop will include

A brief history or hydroponics
An overview of many hydroponic techniques including examples of many of the hardware needed to construct them
The hands on portion will be building you own self contained hydroponic system to take home. The system is a basic drip system and will support one large plant such as tomatoes and peppers.

You can see photos from past workshops click here

You can register for the workshop at http://boswyck.eventbrite.com. The cost of the workshop is $30. The cost of the kit for the hydroponic system is $50.

Please feel free to send an email to info@boswyckfarms.org if you have any questions about the workshop.