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Community Garden Tour, Sept 13 12:00-1:30PM
Free Adult Ed Workshop: Harvesting Herbs and Weed Identification
- Herbs come in both perennial and annual herbs. To ensure the largest crop, different herbs have different harvesting requirements. ?Come learn how to ensure your parsley doesn’t bolt, to keep a strong basil crop all summer long, and how to keep the theme coming back year after year.?
- Weeds are overtaking the flower garden. ?Learn how to identify rag weed, or the difference between morning glory and cucumber tendrils. This will allow you to weed in confidence.
Free Creative Writing Workshops: August
South Brooklyn Children’s Garden partners with?NY Writers Coalition?for?free creative writing workshops this August.
Planting/Harvest Schedule
For those who wonder how we decide what is being planted and where, the planning committee take the winning crops from the annual member voting and develops a calendar to ensure the crops cultivated optimally?for the season, space and yield. While this is a work in progress and weather patterns force the plans to change, this is what we based the 2013/2014 planting/harvest plans from.
Season | Crop | Days to Maturity | Date Seed Planted | Transplant Date | Maturity Date Date | Harvest Date |
Spring | Sugar Snap Peas | 62 | 5-Apr-14 | N/A | 6-Jun-14 | 7-Jun-14 |
Spring | Lettuce | 50 | 12-Apr-14 | N/A | 1-Jun-14 | 7-Jun-14 |
Spring | Spinach | 50 | 12-Apr-14 | N/A | 1-Jun-14 | 7-Jun-14 |
Spring | Parsley | 75 | ||||
Summer | Amana Orange Tomato | 90 | 2-May-14 | 14-Jun-14 | 31-Jul-14 | 20-Sep-14 |
Summer | Basil, Genovese | 68 | 2-May-14 | 14-Jun-14 | 9-Jul-14 | 12-Jul-14 |
Summer | Black Krim Tomato | 75 | 2-May-14 | 14-Jun-14 | 16-Jul-14 | 20-Sep-14 |
Summer | Thessaloniki Tomato | 78 | 2-May-14 | 14-Jun-14 | 19-Jul-14 | 20-Sep-14 |
Summer | Koralik Tomato | 61 | 2-May-14 | 14-Jun-14 | 2-Jul-14 | 20-Sep-14 |
Summer | Amish Paste Tomato | 81 | 2-May-14 | 14-Jun-14 | 22-Jul-14 | 20-Sep-14 |
Summer | Mortgage Lifter Tomato | 82 | 2-May-14 | 14-Jun-14 | 23-Jul-14 | 20-Sep-14 |
Summer | Lunar White Carrot | 60 | 14-Jun-14 | N/A | 13-Aug-14 | 16-Aug-14 |
Summer | Scarlet Nantes Carrot | 68 | 14-Jun-14 | N/A | 21-Aug-14 | 16-Aug-14 |
Summer | Jaune du Daubs Carrot | 68 | 14-Jun-14 | N/A | 21-Aug-14 | 16-Aug-14 |
Summer | Dragon Carrot | 85 | 24-May-14 | N/A | 17-Aug-14 | 16-Aug-14 |
Summer | Spring Onion/Scallions | 90 | 12-Apr-14 | N/A | 11-Jul-14 | 12-Jul-14 |
Summer | Kentucky Blue Pole Bean | 60 | 14-Jun-14 | N/A | 13-Aug-14 | 16-Aug-14 |
Summer | Royal Burgundy Bush Bean | 55 | 14-Jun-14 | N/A | 8-Aug-14 | 16-Aug-14 |
Summer | Squash | 49 | 5-Jul-14 | N/A | 23-Aug-14 | 23-Aug-14 |
Summer | Cucumber | 65 | 2-May-14 | 24-May-14 | 6-Jul-14 | 12-Jul-14 |
Summer | Brown Tempest Garlic | 270 | 9-Nov-13 | N/A | 6-Aug-14 | 12-Jul-14 |
Autumn | Violet of Sicily Cauliflower | 68 | 16-Aug-14 | 20-Sep-14 | 23-Oct-14 | 1-Nov-14 |
Autumn | Romanesco San Guiseppe Cauliflower | 90 | 26-Jul-14 | 20-Sep-14 | 24-Oct-14 | 1-Nov-14 |
Autumn | Calabrese Broccoli | 80 | 2-Aug-14 | 20-Sep-14 | 21-Oct-14 | 1-Nov-14 |
Autumn | Fennel di Firenza | 75 | 9-Aug-14 | 20-Sep-14 | 23-Oct-14 | 1-Nov-14 |
Autumn | Popcorn | 102 | 12-Jul-14 | N/A | 22-Oct-14 | 1-Nov-14 |
Autumn | Kale | 62 | 31-Aug-14 | 20-Sep-14 | 25-Oct-14 | 1-Nov-14 |
2014 Crops
We are pleased to announce that further to a membership wide survey, the votes are in. This year the following crops will be grown:
SPRING
- Peas
- Spring Onion
- Spinach
- Lettuce
- Garlic (planted in October 2013)
SUMMER
- Tomatoes
- Carrots
- Green Beans
- Zucchini
- Popcorn
- Basil
AUTUMN
- Fennel
- Cauliflower
- Broccoli
- Kale
These are in addition to the strawberries and herbs.
Accepting Membership Applications: 2014 Season
Spring has sprung! We are open for the 2014 growing season and have a few membership vacancies for new members. If you are interested in being part of a urban farming cooperative, whose mission is to be an educational and recreation facility for children to learn where their foods comes from, please apply:?http://wordpress-15818-34455-90607.cloudwaysapps.com/membership/