Kids Grow Food 2021!
Hi everyone! Henry Street Farms is happy to announce the start of the 2021 Kids Grow Food program. We will give a free seedling to...
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Barb Bryant
- Jan 7, 2021
- 1 min
Mid-Winter
I am looking forward to dining on fresh food, especially from the garden. The first produce will likely be radishes and chives, plus some...
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Barb Bryant
- Aug 27, 2020
- 1 min
Onions!
We grew onions this year, and here is what I learned - with thanks to garden.org's Learning Library: Onions can be picked and eaten at...
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john-michael
- Jul 27, 2020
- 2 min
Eggplant Parmesan
Eggplant Parmesan Ingredients So today, with the ingredients from the farm (Japanese eggplant, , Onion, and tomatoes) I made Eggplant...
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john-michael
- Jul 21, 2020
- 2 min
Hurley Street Farms Expierence
What I did So today I did some tasks at Hurley Street Farms. These were simple tasks such as harvesting the carrots, cutting the leaves...
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Barb Bryant
- Jul 19, 2020
- 1 min
Interviews!
Our summer intern, John, would like to interview participants in our Kids Grow Food program. The interview will take place online, via...
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john-michael
- Jul 17, 2020
- 1 min
Cherry tomato taste test
The other day I had conducted a taste test on two variants of the cherry tomato. The first variant was the Red tomato which is called...
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john-michael
- Jul 17, 2020
- 1 min
Caprese Salad
Hi, my name is John and I’m an intern at Henry Street Farms and one of my jobs is to make recipes out of some of the food that grows from...
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Barb Bryant
- Jul 15, 2020
- 1 min
Blossom Rot Update
I purchased some "Cal-Mag" supplement to try and address the blossom rot in the tomatoes. I sprayed it on the leaves of the tomatoes and...
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Barb Bryant
- Jul 12, 2020
- 1 min
Plant Progress This Week
I just put four more Hubbard squash plants on the front steps of 116 Henry Street; if you can adopt a squash, please come on by and pick...
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Barb Bryant
- Jul 6, 2020
- 3 min
Growth Data, Photos and Journal Entries
At Henry Street Farms, site of the earliest transplantations into their final containers, we are harvesting Sun Gold tomatoes, serrano...
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Barb Bryant
- Jul 3, 2020
- 1 min
Running out of room
There is not a lot of garden space in the city. Yesterday I talked to Caroline, who said that she had been on the wait list for a...
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Barb Bryant
- Jul 2, 2020
- 1 min
Blossom End Rot! AAAARGGGH!
One of my Granadero tomato plants is showing signs of blossom end rot. Here's what it looks like: So, off to Google for some...
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Barb Bryant
- Jun 30, 2020
- 1 min
Fruits or Vegetables?
Are tomatoes fruits or vegetables? There appear to be two definitions of fruits and vegetables: a culinary one, and a botanical one. We...
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Barb Bryant
- Jun 28, 2020
- 1 min
First Tomato and Eggplant Harvest!
This week we have reports of the very first Sun Gold tomato and eggplant harvests, for some of the earliest planted vegetables. Journal...
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Barb Bryant
- Jun 25, 2020
- 1 min
Photos from the Henry Street Farm garden
The spinach and bok choi have bolted, but the lettuce is still producing. The squash family plants (we have a couple cucumber and...
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Barb Bryant
- Jun 23, 2020
- 1 min
Determinate or Indeterminate
Tomatoes can be determinate or indeterminate. All but one of the Henry Street Farm tomato varieties are indeterminate. The exception is...
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Barb Bryant
- Jun 22, 2020
- 1 min
Data data data
The plants are still growing! Some of you have already been harvesting: bok choi, spinach and lettuce. Spinach and lettuce were used in...
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Barb Bryant
- Jun 15, 2020
- 2 min
Data: Schools and Plants
This week, I thought it would be fun to take a look at which schools our participating youth are from. Most of our students (115 out of...
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