May 2012
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May 23rd
starter seedlings! so many seedlings!
we have so many starter seedlings i am overwhelmed!  other urban farmers have been incredibly generous in their donations, and now we are swimming in seedlings, i have to figure out if we can keep them alive until the warm weather planting takes place and which beds to put them in…a good problem to have
May 22nd
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May 16th
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April 2012
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Apr 27th
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spring seed planting
on saturday it slowly became a glorious blue sky and beaming sunshiney day…with the help of the Crown Heights Farm Share volunteers, we were able to get the spring vegetable seeds into their cozy beds.  we planted things such as different varieties of lettuce, spinach, carrots, arugula, sugar snap peas and the like…) take a gander at the preceding pictures if you like) i spearheaded...
Apr 23rd
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the beds are ready...
this weekend in brooklyn was gloriously sunny and we took advantage of the weather on saturday.  with a crew of about 10 volunteers, (Crown Heights Farm Share folks), we dug our hands into the soil and mixed in composted manure and peat to prepare for planting.  the soil looks great and seems to have survived the winter remaining healthy.  we only aerated the top few inches to preserve the soil...
Apr 9th
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washed out...
okay, so we were rained out last saturday, (raining and 44 degrees), but we will continue to fight the good fight this saturday from like 11am till 4pm…it is supposed to be beautiful and sunny. we are going to dig our hands into the loamy soil and supplement and aerate the soil in each of the trays, (a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it)…and just prep everything for planting...
Apr 4th
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March 2012
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Mar 28th
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Mar 27th
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Mar 26th
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Getting this party started...
after the hort came last week and helped in cleaning up the ballast and actually sifting spilled soil back into the trays, we are ready to commence the planting!  on march 31st, from about 10:00am till 4:00pm, we will be aerating the soil and adding compost/peat to the trays.  if time allows, we will also be planting our lettuce/spinach/etc. seeds.  fran, from the crown heights farm share,...
Mar 21st
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