BEES came today!
By “came” I mean “we went to pick them up.” Three packages of Russians. It was an hour ride back with 9 lbs of bees on my lap in the truck! Anna came back to visit and help out with the bees. We both looked like space men and the bees were like tiny little […]
Bees are coming next week!
I’m feeling pretty prepared! I took a workshop on bee keeping with Ross Conrad at the NOFA NY conference this winter. Also took a two day intensive organic bee keeping workshop at The Commons in Brooklyn with the guys from Honey Bee Lives. Plus I’ve read some books and watched some you tube videos. Plus […]
clearing
Seems to be a big part of what is going on right now. I have had a number of conversations this week about clearing – both metaphorically, and well… see below. We spent the last few weekends hacking thru thorns and brush to get rid of a big watership down style bramble patch that was […]
CSA Flyer!
We made a CSA flyer! Please help us pass it along. We added a new pick-up location in Park Slope (Thursdays) and a 2nd pick-up night at our Astor Place location (now Mondays and Thursdays). So amazing seeing all the baby sprouts in our greenhouse already.
THAWING – mid march
Just got back from California and for the first time in months we can see the ground. and life is starting to pop out: and we put the final touches on the greenhouse: and andrew faust came up yesterday and dug out our spring… more on that later. Water is bubbling out of the ground […]
2011 CSA Registration Now OPEN!
We are very excited/happy to open our CSA registration for the year! Below you will find all the info you will need to join (there is also a CSA link in the upper right navigation bar of this website in case you come back later). Get an extreme variety of local, pesticide free, delicious fruits […]
NOFA-NY Winter Conference
Verena, Lewis, and I are at the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York winter conference in Saratoga Springs this weekend. It has been great hearing presentations (got some ideas for on-farm events and for more efficient CSA distribution!), but the best part has been talking with other farmers one-on-one. Everyone is friendly, approachable, and […]
