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...

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...

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...

At Henry Street Farms, site of the earliest transplantations into their final containers, we are harvesting Sun Gold tomatoes, serrano...

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...

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...

Are tomatoes fruits or vegetables? There appear to be two definitions of fruits and vegetables: a culinary one, and a botanical one. We...

This week we have reports of the very first Sun Gold tomato and eggplant harvests, for some of the earliest planted vegetables. Journal...

The spinach and bok choi have bolted, but the lettuce is still producing. The squash family plants (we have a couple cucumber and...

Tomatoes can be determinate or indeterminate. All but one of the Henry Street Farm tomato varieties are indeterminate. The exception is...

The plants are still growing! Some of you have already been harvesting: bok choi, spinach and lettuce. Spinach and lettuce were used in...

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...

Wow, the plants are really getting taller! And, more of the tomatoes and peppers are starting to flower. We are tracking 37 tomato...

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...

Many kids have been using the survey or app to record their plant's growth. The plants are getting bigger! Of course, those average...

The participants in our Kids Grow Food program have started logging their plant data. Check out these beautiful photos of the seedlings!...

I planted a few tomato seedlings too early, before the very cold weather we had recently. One of them died and three were traumatized -...

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....

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...