Author: Judith Sackoff
PHCF hosted a Compost 101 Workshop on Open Garden Day 2021, an annual event sponsored by GreenThumb. The workshop covered the basic science of composting and then treated people to a tour of our 4-bin system which takes in about 20,000 pounds of food scraps each year and turns them into compost, aka black gold, the gardener’s best friend.
Author: Judith S.
Prospect Heights Community Farm is now home to two native bee condos courtesy of The Bee Conservancy. With the help of garden members and their families, we installed the homes in two bee-friendly locations in the garden with plenty of morning sun and ample bee forage. Native bees are different from honeybees. They don’t produce honey or wax, they live solitary lives (no queens here!), don’t sting and are even more efficient pollinators than honeybees.
Come visit the condos and see who has checked in. We are expecting several varieties of native bees including mason, leafcutter, and carpenter bees.
See the photos from the event and of the bee condos
One day added this weekend (5/22)! There will be plants for sale this Saturday noon-4pm. Last Chance if you missed us last weekend. There are plenty of herbs, flowers, ground cover and all types of plants left!
Once again the plant list may be found here. See you this weekend.
Come out today to stock your garden, windowsill or tree pit! Annuals, perennials, herbs, vegetables, flowers and shrubs are all available at the pharm at great price to support your community garden.
Come on out to PHCF’s Annual Plant Sale on May 15 & 16! We’ll be offering PHCF home grown Tomatos, Herbs, Vegetables, Annual & Perennials plus Houseplants too!
See our varieties offered HERE
We are readying for the 2021 Plant Sale at the Pharm. Come out next Saturday to get everything you need for this years crops, windowsills and boxes.
See the flyer here (please download and post where appropriate).
The Earth Day episode of DiverseCity TV featured the PHCF Composting Program and the expansion that has gone on during the pandemic. Watch it here!
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.
Dear neighbors –
The Prospect Heights Community Farm (PHCF) welcomes you to this year’s edition of our annual Pumpkin Smash on November 7th from 12-4 pm.
Because of the unprecedented times and to preserve the safety of community members, we will not be having our usual potato bake or refreshments this time around. However, you are still welcome to bring your pumpkins to smash your COVID blues away and to enjoy the garden.
Hope to see you there!
We are grateful to our farmer-friends, The Kokas family of Upstate Farms, which is located in Tivoli, NY – https://upstatefarmsny.com/ – for their generous donations of local eggs, fruits, and vegetables. Their kindness has allowed us to increase our selections of offerings, and to reach a greater number of our neighbors as we fulfill our mission to grow and distribute extra produce to help our community members who are facing food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Sunday, October 11, 2020, we celebrated our 12th week of Victory Garden harvest and distribution. From our member plots, we harvested a variety of crops: Callaloo, assorted Bush & Pole Beans, Cabbage, Ground Cherries, Mustard & Radish Greens, Tomatoes, Chili, Frying & Poblano Peppers, French Sorrel, Okra, Bronze Fennel, and Mini-pumpkins. Since July 5th, we have grown & distributed over 220 pounds of our home-grown PHCF produce. Can’t get more local than that!
If you would like to volunteer to help with the Victory Garden please contact us at contact@phcfarm.com.
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.