The days are long and warm now, and a friend and I spent a few hours last weekend volunteering at the
Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in
Greenpoint. We prepped beds, planted seeds, painted bee hives and hauled rubble. The farm is a 6000 square foot roof garden with a fantastic view of the city. They have great workshops and education programs, and are on the cutting edge of organic urban farming.
The farm sells its produce to several local restaurants including Eat, where we ate breakfast before going up to the farm. Check out New York Magazine's review
here.
Here are the seedbeds. We planted a mixed lettuce and arugula. I can't wait to come back in May for chicken day to see how things have grown (and to learn about the use of chickens as pest control and fertilizer!)
With a newly legalized rooftop beekeeping ordinance passed, the farm is expanding their hive count. I am
fascinated by beekeeping.
Afterwards we rewarded ourselves with some tacos from El
Diablo Tacos at Union Pool along with some "American"
micheladas.
Some of the best tacos in Brooklyn if you ask me.
The days are long and warm now, and a friend and I spent a few hours last weekend volunteering at the Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in Greenpoint. We prepped beds, planted seeds, painted bee hives and hauled rubble. The farm is a 6000 square foot roof garden with a fantastic view of the city. They have great workshops and education programs, and are on the cutting edge of organic urban farming.
The farm sells its produce to several local restaurants including Eat, where we ate breakfast before going up to the farm. Check out New York Magazine's review here.
With a newly legalized rooftop beekeeping ordinance passed, the farm is expanding their hive count. I am fascinated by beekeeping.
Afterwards we rewarded ourselves with some tacos from El Diablo Tacos at Union Pool along with some "American" micheladas.
Some of the best tacos in Brooklyn if you ask me.
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