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john-michael
Jul 21, 20202 min read
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 15, 20201 min read
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, 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...
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Barb Bryant
Jul 6, 20203 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...
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Barb Bryant
Jul 3, 20201 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...
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Barb Bryant
Jul 2, 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...
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Barb Bryant
Jun 30, 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...
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Barb Bryant
Jun 28, 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...
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Barb Bryant
Jun 25, 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...
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Barb Bryant
Jun 23, 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...
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Barb Bryant
Jun 22, 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...
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Barb Bryant
Jun 15, 20202 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...
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Barb Bryant
Jun 8, 20201 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...
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Barb Bryant
Jun 6, 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...
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Barb Bryant
May 31, 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...
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Barb Bryant
May 25, 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!...
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Barb Bryant
May 21, 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 -...
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Barb Bryant
May 19, 20201 min read
A virtual farm tour
Join us on Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. for a free virtual tour via Zoom! We'll spend half an hour checking out our tiny urban farm....
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Barb Bryant
May 17, 20201 min read
New inventory for sale
As of this evening, we have new inventory for sale. We are still nearly out of tomatoes - we have two plants right now. We will have...
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