Dirt Talk Two: Garden Design

Prospect Farm Leave a comment

Prospect Farm and Sustainable Flatbush are proud to present Brooklyn Dirt: Monthly Talks on Urban Farming and Gardening.

Talk Two: Garden Design
With Speakers Tom Angotti with Jesse Alter (Hunter ) and Chris Kreussling (AKA Flatbush Gardener)

March 16th, 2011
7 – 9:30 pm
Downstairs @ Sycamore Bar and Flowershop, 21+
1118 Cortelyou RD, BK (Q train to Cortelyou)
$5 suggested donation (proceeds benefit Sustainable Flatbush & Prospect Farm)

——-

Tom Angotti and Jesse Alter led a group to Cuba in January that studied urban agriculture and organic farming. Tom teaches urban planning at Hunter College and helped start Prospect Farm in Brooklyn. Jesse is a graduate student at Hunter and works at the Center for Cuban Studies in New York.

Chris Kreussling (AKA Flatbush Gardener) is a garden coach with more than 30 years gardening experience in NYC. Chris is also the Director of the Urban Gardens and Farms initiative of Sustainable Flatbush and a community member of the Healthy Soils, Healthy Communities advisory board, a project of the Cornell Waste Management Institute.

http://flatbushgardener.blogspot.com

Sustainable Flatbush brings neighbors together to mobilize, educate, and advocate for sustainable living in their Brooklyn neighborhood and beyond.
http://sustainableflatbush.org/

Prospect Farm is a community group in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn that is working together to grow food in a formerly vacant lot, with the mission toward creating a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farm that can serve our community. Prospect Farm is the community leader for the Kensington/Windsor Terrace neighborhood group for the Brooklyn Food Coalition.

Help Kensington’s New Youth-Led Farmer’s Market

Prospect Farm Leave a comment

The Brooklyn Food Coalition was asked by City Council Member Brad Lander to gather a group of people who would be willing to take turns assisting a youth-led farmers market on Ft. Hamilton Pkwy and E. 4th Street.

The market would run on Saturdays from 11-3. If you have any interest in learning more and/or have suggestions for faith orgs, CSA’s or other groups that might be interested in learning more, please contact Nancy Romer: nancyromer(at)gmail.com. Many thanks.

Note: This market is not being organized by Prospect Farm. Prospect Farm is helping to spread the word.

Garden Pickled Green Beans

Prospect Farm Leave a comment

I posted this recipe on my blog Cantaloupe Alone at the end of the last season. I took all the vegetbles left in plot 4 (the plot I shared with Andrea) and pickled them before planting cold weather crops. The results were delicious chopped up in salads, a garnish to bloody marys, or as a snack.

Garden Jar Pickled Beans 

2 1/3 cups water
2 tblsp salt
1 1/2 tblsp sugar
2 1/2 tblsp white wine vinegar
2 peeled garlic cloves, smashed
1 hot pepper, quartered
1 inch lemon zest
1 handful garden herbs
1/2 lb string beans

I did a variation of this pickled bean earlier in the year. I made the mistake of boiling beans with the liquid. The beans became mushy when I was after a crunchy pickle. I suggest boiling the water, salt,vinegar and sugar in a sauce pan and pouring into a clean mason jar on top of the garlic cloves, hot pepper, lemon zest, and herbs. The hot water will dissolve the salt and sugar while bringing out the flavor in the herbs.

 

Cool the jar until no longer steaming, 20-30 minutes, and add the beans. Screw lid on, and shake vigorously. Let sit for 2-4 days until beans have a zesty tang. I like to sample part of a bean every day to see how the flavors are developing. Store in the fridge for 2-3 weeks.

Read the original post: http://cantaloupealone.blogspot.com/2010/09/garden-harvest-pickle-jar.html

Greening Flatbush Feb 27th

Prospect Farm Leave a comment

Greening Flatbush: Garden Where You Are presented by Sustainable Flatbush

A fun-filled & information-packed afternoon. Meet your neighbors and get your hands dirty. Come out for demonstrations and hands-on workshops on a variety of gardening and urban agriculture topics, including:

* gardening for kids
* starting seedlings
* growing mushrooms in your apartment
* DIY soda bottle planters
* composting with worms indoors
* how to join theFlatbush Farm Share CSA
* how to care for street trees… and much more!

There will be an information table featuring sustainability education opportunities specifically for youth. Snacks and coffee will be available. Bring your own mug (BYOM)!

WHEN:
Sunday, February 27th, 2-5pm
WHERE: Flatbush YMCA
1401 Flatbush Avenue (at Rogers Avenue)
Brooklyn, NY  11210

Brooklyn Dirt: Monthly Talks on Urban Farming + Gardening

Prospect Farm Leave a comment

Prospect Farm and Sustainable Flatbush are proud to present Brooklyn Dirt: Monthly Talks on Urban Farming and Gardening.

Talk One: Dirt and Soil
February 16th, 2011
7 – 9:30 pm

With Speakers Jay Smith and Chris Kreussling (AKA Flatbush Gardener)
Sycamore Bar and Flowershop
1118 Cortelyou RD, BK
Q train to Cortelyou
21+
$5 suggested donation

proceeds benefit Prospect Farm and the Urban Gardens and Farms Initiative of Sustainable Flatbush
Event on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=188915917798918

——-

Jay Smith is a lifelong environmentalist, member of several environmental organizations, member of the Park Slope Food Coop, completing a Certificate of Horticulture from BBG, deeply interested in Urban Agriculture and re-localization of food production in anticipation of food issues in the wake of the peak oil crisis.

Chris Kreussling (AKA Flatbush Gardener) is a garden coach with more than 30 years gardening experience in NYC. Chris is also the Directory of the Urban Gardens and Farms initiative of Sustainable Flatbush and a community member of the Healthy Soils, Healthy Communities advisory board, a project of the Cornell Waste Management Institute, and earned a BBG Certificate in Horticulture, 2009.
http://flatbushgardener.blogspot.com

Sustainable Flatbush brings neighbors together to mobilize, educate, and advocate for sustainable living in their Brooklyn neighborhood and beyond.
http://sustainableflatbush.org/

Prospect Farm is a community group in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn that is working together to grow food in a formerly vacant lot, with the mission toward creating a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farm that can serve our community. Prospect Farm is the community leader for the Kensington/Windsor Terrace neighborhood group for the Brooklyn Food Coalition.
https://prospectfarm.org/

Winter suspension of compost drop-off after January 8th.

Prospect Farm Leave a comment

Greetings to all Prospect Farm supporters:

For the winter, we are temporarily suspending the collection of veggie and
fruit wastes for composting until March.  Our last drop-off date will be
January 8th, 2011 at 11 AM.  When collections are resumed in March we will
post notices online and on the fence by our compost collection site.  When
we resume, we hope that those of you who have been bringing us your
vegetable wastes will resume doing so.

Please remember to join us at our Prospect Farm Winter Pot Luck on
Wednesday, January 12th from 6 to 9 PM at Church of the Holy Apostles, 622
Greenwood Avenue (across from Brooklyn Commune.)

Until then, stay well and keep warm.

J. William Smith

 

Winter Potluck 2011

Prospect Farm Leave a comment

The steering committee of Prospect Farm invites all volunteers, members,
friends, neighbors, and anyone interested in learning more about Prospect
Farm to our winter potluck. Bring a labeled meat, vegetarian, or vegan
entree or dessert and beverages to share while discussing the farm and food.

Plates, cups, napkins and utensils provided. Please bring your own serving
spoon. We will have access to a kitchen, but it may be unreasonable to heat
your food at the potluck. Choose your dish accordingly. RSVP by replying to
this message including what you plan to bring.

*Prospect Farm Winter Potluck*
Wednesday January 12th 19th, 2011
(changed to the 19th to avoid snow)
6-9:00 pm

$5 per person donation
(to cover the cost of the rented space)
Bring an entree, desert, or beverage
(please label your dish meat, vegetarian, or vegan)

622 Greenwood Avenue,
between Prospect Ave and East 7th
lower level

Questions? Email: prospectfarmbk@gmail.com