Another resource for finding a farmer
We’ve been getting a lot of great farmer candidates just by word of mouth. Someone just gave a suggestion for us to check out Sustainable Food Jobs. They are creating a database of, well… sustainable food jobs, so that people no longer have to slog through general non profit sites or gardening websites. It’s a […]
average temperatures, precipitation, etc & planting calendar
We are still fleshing out the planting calendar, but we’re very far along (we have the plant dates down, anyway, which is the part we need to worry about first). Most planting directions are given in terms of weeks before/after frost date. A few say things like “when the temperature is a reliable 60.” I […]
TECHNOLOGY – webcam, weather station, computers, remote desktop… ugh
We want to be able to keep an eye on things while we are not here – check temp in greenhouse, see if it is getting dry, etc. in general we thought logging the weather conditions up here might give us a bit more insight into what is happening with our crops. i chose this […]
SPROUTS!
Seeds are already sprouting. Looks like the temperature in the “greenhouse” hovered in the 50’s all week. I arrived last night in the middle of a snowstorm and i turned on the greenhouse heater – we were conservative and wanted to monitor it for its first few days on so it was off all week. […]
"freezing temperatures"; "danger of frost"
After planting seeds last weekend I’ve been thinking a lot about how well they’ll do after we transfer them outside (under protection). I am honestly not an expert on when and how frost forms or which plants can survive (or benefit!) from freezing temperature and which don’t… Here’s some info on why frost forms (yes, […]
"seed blocking"
we taught ourselves how to use our new seed blockers, but then amber found this video. the video explains all the reasons the soil blocker is so sweet. our friend simone at stone barns also gave us a number of great tips. looks like we may not have done everything right, but lets hope for […]
Makeshift Greenhouse
Lewis and I made a greenhouse of sorts this weekend in the yoga room. Yes, it is a little early for us to start planting (considering we have no toasty place to move these seeds to once they sprout and that, even if it weren’t still way cold in the unprotected outdoors, we don’t have […]
Vinyl
So here’s a real lesson on being vigilant about awareness and not taking it for granted that you can just go out and buy safe, usable products (or that you should necessarily buy something you can make, even if you could take for granted that it were safe). Lewis mentioned last week that he picked […]
PDC reunion
we are in manhattan tonight since tomorrow is our pdc reunion. very much looking forward to catching up with a bunch of crazy dreamers. our work in brazil is still vey much in our hearts and this farm here in new york is an extension of that. here is an initial sketch for a super […]
THE RENDER FARM
how does that name sound? we should be calling this land something other than the land or the farm.
