Chickens fly north in the winter
By Chase Emmons Over the past month, a lot of people have asked what was going to happen to our birds for the winter. We’d tell them not to worry and that we’d find a good winter home for them so they could come back in the spring. Most people would just snicker, [...]
Beehive ‘sploding!
From Beekeeper Chase Emmons One of our hives has gone off the hook, in a good way. Bit of background: I setup 4 brand new hives, from packages, this spring. I started each on a single deep of mostly drawn comb, so they had a bit of a jump start. But the spring was abnormally [...]
Bobo Gets a Grange Hive
From Beekeeper Chase Emmons Bobo, an amazing restaurant in the center of Greenwich Village, is now the proud host of a Brooklyn Grange beehive. What this really means is that I got to package up a fully mature beehive, put it in my minivan, and drive it 180 miles from Massachusetts to the city. Kind [...]
Spring is in the Air
Last Friday it was 65 and sunny in New York and it felt like spring had arrived. Since then it’s been 30, we’ve gotten a couple of inches of snow, and the roof has taken a battering from some seriously strong winds. But that springy Friday was enough to get us excited for the 2011 [...]
Belated Happy New Year
There hasn’t been much farming going on these days – the roof is covered with snow, icy wind is constantly blowing, and even the bees are staying indoors, balling around their queen for warmth until the weather warms. But we farmers have been hard at work nonetheless, cultivating relationships with the community, planting the seeds [...]
A lot to be thankful for
Happy Thanksgiving! In its first year our farm has flourished in part because of the hard work that our team put into it, but mainly because of the enormous outpouring of support that we’ve received. Thanks to all of you who volunteered on the farm and bought our vegetables. Thank you to the chefs and [...]
Sunny November
Here’s a photo of the farm this week. The tomatoes are gone and the place is a lot less lush than it has been, but it’s still pretty darn green up there. In fact, most of the roof will be green all winter long (except for when it’s painted white with snow). But it’s a [...]
Goodbye Summer
Today marks the end of summer and the beginning of the fall season. The plants and farmers alike are winding down and as the days get shorter and the cooler weather rolls in (finally!), we’re all geared up for one final push before the 2010 farming season comes to a close. The tomato plants have [...]
Return of the Greens!
After a long, hot midsummer it’s finally cooled down enough that we can grow greens again. It feels like it’s been forever since we had anything other than fruits and roots up on the roof, but now the greens are back and it’s time to make a salad. Swing by one of our markets and [...]
On the menu: a truckload of tomatoes!
We’re in the height of tomato season and every day our farmers pull around fifty pounds of red beauties off the vines. There are about forty varieties of heirloom and cherry tomatoes growing up on the farm, and we can barely keep up with the demand from chefs and folks shopping at our markets. Here’s [...]
