Prospect Farm Annual Meetup and Celebration – Sunday, Feb. 3
PROSPECT FARM ANNUAL MEETUP AND CELEBRATION Sunday FEBRUARY 3, 4-7 PM 1511 10th Avenue, Brooklyn (Knights of Columbus Hall) F/G Train to 15 St. – Prospect Park Inviting everyone who has helped out and who is interested in getting involved to celebrate our third birthday, meet with the farmers, have good food and fun! Special guest Nancy Romer of the Brooklyn Food Coalition... Read More
Sandy and dirty
With Hurricane Sandy on its way, this weekend farm members came out to prepare for high winds and heavy rains. Fortunately, at this time of the year the growing season is pretty much over, so we don’t have to worry to much about damage to our crops. We’ve secured buckets and other composting supplies that might get carried away by a powerful gust, and our tools and supplies... Read More
Fall projects and volunteer opportunities
We’ve had a productive growing season at Prospect Farm and enjoyed a wonderful variety of fresh foods (exact harvest amounts are coming soon). Growing is winding down, but the fall is a great time for non-growing projects, and we need you to help! Hard at work in the herb bed this summer Our big project for the next few weeks is planting six new fruit trees. We’re excited... Read More
Compost drop-off now Saturdays only
Fall is upon us, and so compost drop-off at Prospect Farm is now Saturdays only, 11am-noon. This schedule will be in place through the winter and early spring. In other composting news, Eileen, the composting coordinator at the farm, recently completed the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Master Composter certificate course. Congrats, Eileen! Read More
Summer Harvests
Great things are growing at Prospect Farm: tomatoes are still in their high season, and there is eggplant, cucumbers, pole beans, chard, kale, tomatillos, melons, lettuce, and lots of herbs. We harvest three times a week at Prospect Farm. It hardly takes any time for a ripe tomato to fall off the vine, and other vegetables (especially cucumbers) grow so quickly this time of year... Read More
Tons of Compost!
Prospect Farm has collected about 2,880 lbs. of food scraps in April, May, and June 2012. When you add this amount to the 2,780 lbs. we collected in the first 3 months of the year, that’s about 2 1/2 tons of food scraps diverted from the waste stream! Last year Prospect Farm received financial support through NYC-based crowd-resourcing platform ioby to build six new composting... Read More
Farm to Table In Just a Few Blocks
Recently on the menu at Bracaccio’s Food Shop: Cavatelli with Prospect Farm Sage, Fresh Ricotta, and Butternut Squash Seed Oil. Brancaccio’s is a Friend of Prospect Farm located just a few blocks from Prospect Farm in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn. Now that’s hyper-local! Read More
Composting takes a holiday for July 4
Due to the July 4 holiday, Prospect Farm will not be accepting compost this Wednesday. Composting drop-off will be back on its normal schedule Saturday, July 7. "Black gold" from the Prospect Farm composting bins Learn about composting! Prospect Farm’s composting guru, Eileen, will be giving a short lesson on composting during compost drop-off hours this Saturday,... Read More
Lemon balm recipes for hot days
Prospect Farm has been fortunate to have a great crop of herbs growing in our raised beds, containers, and interspersed here and there in the in-ground growing plots between tomatoes or kale plants. Before I left the farm after our work day yesterday, I snipped some several sprigs of what I thought was mint, but turned out to be lemon balm. If you’re not familiar with lemon... Read More
Work day Saturday, June 2
We hope you all had a relaxing a Memorial Day weekend, but after all of the recent warmth, sun, and rain, things are growing at Prospect Farm and it’s time to get to work. Come on out this Saturday, June 2, 11am-2pm to help us with planting, staking, building a small raised bed, and more! One-time volunteers are welcome. Bring water and work gloves or tools if you have them. Read More
