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Barb Bryant
Jul 24, 20200 min read


Interviews!
Our summer intern, John, would like to interview participants in our Kids Grow Food program. The interview will take place online, via...
Barb Bryant
Jul 19, 20201 min read


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...

john-michael
Jul 17, 20201 min read


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...

john-michael
Jul 17, 20201 min read


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...
Barb Bryant
Jul 12, 20201 min read


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...
Barb Bryant
Jul 6, 20203 min read


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...
Barb Bryant
Jul 3, 20201 min read


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...
Barb Bryant
Jul 2, 20201 min read


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...
Barb Bryant
Jun 30, 20201 min read


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...
Barb Bryant
Jun 28, 20201 min read


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...
Barb Bryant
Jun 25, 20201 min read


Determinate or Indeterminate
Tomatoes can be determinate or indeterminate. All but one of the Henry Street Farm tomato varieties are indeterminate. The exception is...
Barb Bryant
Jun 23, 20201 min read


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...
Barb Bryant
Jun 22, 20201 min read


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...
Barb Bryant
Jun 15, 20202 min read


New Data: Plant Growth
Wow, the plants are really getting taller! And, more of the tomatoes and peppers are starting to flower. We are tracking 37 tomato...
Barb Bryant
Jun 8, 20201 min read


111 Kids Growing Food
I am happy to announce that we now have 111 students and children participating in the Kids Grow Food project in Cambridge. I'm excited...
Barb Bryant
Jun 6, 20201 min read


Growth Data
Many kids have been using the survey or app to record their plant's growth. The plants are getting bigger! Of course, those average...
Barb Bryant
May 31, 20201 min read


Collecting data on plant growth and harvest
The participants in our Kids Grow Food program have started logging their plant data. Check out these beautiful photos of the seedlings!...
Barb Bryant
May 25, 20201 min read


Sometimes seedlings die. We will replace them!
I planted a few tomato seedlings too early, before the very cold weather we had recently. One of them died and three were traumatized -...
Barb Bryant
May 21, 20201 min read


Hardening off seedlings
We start seedlings in our basement under lights. Their leaves are beautiful, dark green and tender, and they just look gorgeous. But they...
Barb Bryant
May 18, 20202 min read
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