Winter Approaches

Since the last blog entry, our work continues. We are beginning to put the farms to rest for the winter by pulling out the dying plants and cutting them up to put in the various compost bins. We continue to save seeds and harvest. For example, on 10/1, we harvested:

Kale- 1lb. 5 oz.
Collards- 2 lbs. 4 oz.
Eggplant- 4 lbs. 2 oz.
Peppers- 4 oz.
Tomatoes- 3 lbs. 13 oz.

However, as of 11/15, most of the plants that are done producing have been pulled out of the ground. So both farms are almost bare. Both the work wormbin and Stacey's home wombin have been harvested. We took a trip to the New York Botanical Garden on 10/22 and had our 3rd annual Harvest Festival on 10/29. Finally, Natalie and Stacey have done 3 workshops on composting with the residents of the E. 111 St. residence and will do 3 workshops on composting with the residents of the Morris Ave. residence over the nest 3 weeks.