Tag: urban farming
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Ice cream social
Amid rows of tomatoes and cukes ripe for the picking, the farm holds an ice cream social and a hands-on demo making strawberry-basil ice cream (with some freshly harvested honey, too!).
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Carrots and more
New bike racks to welcome visitors, cukes and peppers blossoming, and fat carrots are ready for the picking at the farm. The perfect excuse to make roasted carrot and red lentil ragout.
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Beeseyeview
Checking in on Rooftop Farm’s resident bees with Brooklyn Honey and experimenting with Photosynth panoramic photography. Click for larger views.
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Back to the farm
Planting radishes, cleaning apiaries of old honeycomb and rebuilding beds on a blustery spring Sunday at Eagle Street Rooftop Farm.
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Growing in Detroit
A visit to Hopes Take Root and Brother Nature, two farms in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood. Thanks to Greening Of Detroit and everyone at both farms for the warm welcome on a cold morning in late March.
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Rooftop Farm photos for sale
These are a few of my favorite images from A Year At Eagle Street Rooftop Farm. Framed 11×14 and 5×7 prints available for $150 and $25, respectively. Other prints also available. Contact Scott at hutchense (at) gmail for more information. Now available: A Year At Eagle Street Rooftop Farm, the photo book (click here to order).
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Giving thanks
The farm opens for one last market before Thanksgiving. With the season over, the chickens have gone to winter homes. But the kale is still growing, and there are still carrots and peppers to be had. Time for one last market and a pause to give thanks for a productive year.
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Halloween at the farm
The last Sunday of the month, and the last open farm of the season save for right before Thanksgiving. The gang dress as the women of Jules Breton’s The Recall of the Gleaners for photographer Felicia Wong, then get down to work harvesting late-season veggies.
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Winding down
As the farming season winds down, late-season crops like carrots, peppers and herbs are harvested and beds prepped for winter. In the afternoon, the folks from Rockaway Taco drop by for food and fun.
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Bees in autumn
Clearing out more beds to prep them for winter and shoring up soil. Later, Sam of Anarchy Apiaries talks about beekeeping with Meg of Brooklyn Honey.
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Fall at the farm
The arrival of fall brings cool, windy skies. Plants get pulled as thatch and rasdish seeds are sown for winter groundcover. The bunnies enjoy a rare day al fresco, and Annie leads a workshop on planting winter cover.
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Families and the farm
Neighbors drop by to visit the chickens, while volunteers prep more beds for winter. Signs of early autumn appear as plants give up their final yields, but the farm isn’t finished growing and giving yet.
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Pickled in Greenpoint
Bob McClure from McClure’s Pickles visits the farm for a sunset workshop on making refrigerator pickles.
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Mid-September harvest
A mild late-summer Sunday at the farm, harvesting veggies and planting winter ground cover, plus a visit from the Farm City folks.
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A hot time at the farm
After the morning’s chores, Jordan from Eat Cafe demonstrates how to make hot sauce using fresh farm produce.
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A taste of Bali
Ben and Laura from Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream drop by the farm to give a demo on cooking Balinese food, while summertime planting and harvesting keep the rooftop humming, despite the rain.
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