Category: Compost

Colin and his colleague, John, of Big Reuse came to Prospect Heights Community Farm with their truck and all their supplies and, with the assistance of garden members Kimbirly and Mickey, installed our two new metal compost bins! 

Preparing the way:  Isaac and Mickey moved wooden Bins 1 and 2 to make room for the new metal bins., and moved some of the concrete blocks that served as the base for these bins.

Colin (left) and John (right) of Big Reuse calculated the footprint for the gravel, pavers and bins which would lie on top of the soil.

Kimbirly with one of the partially constructed bins.  The metal sides, back and base were clamped together with pop rivets.  Colin had an electric drill with a special adapter to apply the rivets.

Colin and John took extra care to level and compact the gravel (and the soil beneath) with our hand tamper.

Applying the concrete pavers.

The completed bins with the three removable doors in front and the cover on top.  Congratulations!  Meet our beautiful twins!  Altogether, the delivery – er, installation, took about 4 hours (According to Colin and John, neither the longest nor the quickest installation job they’ve had).

With a new garden season right around the corner, we’re pleased to see our composting efforts — and our longstanding partnership with the Park Slope Food Coop — showcased in the Linewaiters’ Gazette, a publication by the coop.

As written by Liora Fishman:

The Prospect Heights Community Farm (PHCF), on St. Marks Avenue between Vanderbilt and Underhill Avenues, stands as a testament to the power of collective environmental stewardship. The farm provides the opportunity to grow fresh produce, to share it with the local community via efforts like Victory Garden and a communal herb garden, and to teach neighbors about urban agriculture, plants and vegetables alike.

One of PHCF’s lesser-known green initiatives is a dynamic composting partnership with the Park Slope Food Coop, fostering a closed-loop system that transforms organic waste into nutrient-rich compost. In an interview with Compost Coordinator Brian Thompson, he explained how PHCF partners with the Coop to further the mission of sustainable urban living.

We’re proud of all the hard work from our composting teams who turn food scraps into fertilizer that enriches our soil. Check out the full article!

The garden’s Compost Team is gearing up for this year’s leaf drop, and we need your help! We’ll be collecting bags of leaves on Sundays starting this week and into December. Our goal is to collect 120 bags to keep us in good shape through next fall.

We’ll be accepting leaves bagged in clear plastic or brown paper bags. Please no twigs, trash or compost!

A reminder that nothing stops the composting team at PHCF. Every Sunday of the year we are turning your food scraps into gold.

Come by to drop off or pick up finished compost!

With the growing demand and popularity of our Food Scrap Drop off service and with the support of the NYC Compost Project and BigReuse, the Farm will be expanding our Sunday sidewalk drop off hours to 11am – 2 pm.

After losing our overflow site last week, PHCF has started a new relationship, working in collaboration with the NYC Compost Project to fill the void left by the City’s 90% cut in funding to citywide compost services.

IT’S ON! Bring us your food scraps on Sundays from 10 – 12 in October (and HEADS UP… soon to be shifting to 12 – 2 in November!).  

Reminders of what to and what not to compost here.