Week 3 of the CSA
In this week’s share: lettuce mix spinach frisee kale kohlrabi broccoli cauliflower beets scallions Half share members: this week is an “A” week. Farm News & Recipes “Land, then, is not merely soil; it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants, and animals.” – Aldo Leopold At this time of year the […]
Week 2 of the CSA
In this week’s share: spinach – green-stemmed greens in a plastic bag frisee – lettuce-like heads of bitter frilly greens kale – bunch of dark green leaves rainbow chard – bunch of multicolored greens collard greens – bunch of large flat greens pac choi – bag of green leaves with white stems kohlrabi – purple bulbs with green leaves and purple stems salad […]
It’s Week 1 of the Growing Heart Farm CSA!
Welcome to Week 1 of the Growing Heart Farm CSA! Pick up instructions: Your shares, brimming with spring goodness, will be available at 407 Broome St in SoHo today, Wednesday, June 4th from 5pm-7pm. Buzz #7A to get in but go to #6. This year your shares will be packed in a single green and blue reusable grocery bag. It will be quite […]
Sea of Kale
CSA deliveries are about to begin. A few spots are left… you can sign up here Sorry we have been so lax on the blog. We are doing our best to keep up with facebook
It’s almost CSA time…
Spring has finally arrived at the farm! Cool weather crops are thriving and the greenhouse is packed with summer seedlings – that means time is running out to register for the 2014 CSA. Deliveries will begin in less than a month and membership is filling up quickly. Fill out an NYC or Local registration form to sign up for a season of home-grown, […]
Slowly springing
The forecast for snow showers next week notwithstanding, spring does seem to be inching its way in on the farm. The greenhouse is brimming with trays of cold-hardy crops: onions, leeks, broccoli, kale, mustards, lettuce, cabbage, kohlrabi and chard are all beginning to poke through. The midday sun […]
Registration is now open to everyone!
Registration for Growing Heart Farm’s NYC and Local CSA is now open. Join us for a season of home-grown, flavor-packed, ultra-ganic vegetables. CSA Details Members of our CSA receive a large bag of fresh produce every week for 20 weeks, from June to October. The size of the shares varies depending on the time of year, but will include 6-12 different […]
Registration for returning NYC members is now open!
Join us for another season of home-grown, flavor-packed, ultra-ganic vegetables. Registration is currently open only to our returning members. We have made a few changes this year – the most important is that we will have a smaller city CSA to improve the quality and diversity of our offerings – so please sign up soon. Meat & […]
Growing Heart Farm is hiring!
We are looking for one or two people to help out for the 2014 season, approximately May-October. This will be a paid apprenticeship with wages/stipend dependent upon experience and circumstances. Duties will include all aspects of running a small-scale vegetable farm using organic (and many biodynamic) practices. You will work alongside the head farmer and […]
So what do farmers do all winter?
If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me that, this farming thing could actually be a profitable endeavor. Believe it or not, there is actually a fair amount to be done in the off season; mostly projects that got pushed aside in the mad rush of summer production and activity. There’s wood […]
