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Summer Jam Benefit Night TOMORROW!!!

garfieldcommunityfarm — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:14:27 +0000

Garfield Community Farm is celebrating another season with “Summer Jam,” a benefit night at the Shadow Lounge in East Liberty TOMORROW, Monday August 30th!

Local music, local art, local food prepared from farm produce and more!! Come out and celebrate another season with us and help a local farm grow!!

$10 donation, all ages. (They will card at the door for 21+)

Biodiversity in the City

garfieldcommunityfarm — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:44:20 +0000

At both Garfield Community Farm and our little yard we’re creating atmosphere’s that support a more diverse range of life. At the farm the biggest things we’re doing are reducing Japanese Knotweed and adding plants that attract beneficial insects. These plants include oregano, butterfly bush, yarrow, dill, lambs ear, and wild flowers. This is the first year we’ve seen Monarch Butterflies like the one in the photo above. All the bees and insects are helping to pollinate our many vegetable plants. The Japanese Knotweed creates a mono culture, a large space where it completely crowds out all other plants. The only thing it’s good for are bees in the late summer, they love knotweed flowers. If anyone wants to do bee keeping at the farm, let me know!

Also by cutting down on the Knotweed we’ve seen lots of turkey, who now have a more plants to eat, the same with rabbits and squirrels, which we never used to see in year’s past. We are happy to have a family of hawks that keep those new smaller neighbors in check.

John’s Blog

garfieldcommunityfarm — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:06:14 +0000

Thought you might be interested in my personal blog Life, Faith, Urban Farming I’m trying to focus on “urban homesteading” these days, you’ll also find stuff on Garfield Farm, backyard chickens, family, theology, etc.

Ideas on How to Cook Greens

garfieldcommunityfarm — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:15:23 +0000

Swiss chard = chard = spinach beet = leaf beet = seakale beet = silver beet = white beet Notes: Swiss chard is used much like spinach, except that it has an appealing beet-like flavor and a heavier texture, which requires longer cooking. Many cooks simply sauté it in olive oil and serve it as a side dish. Red chard = rhubarb chard = ruby chard, with green leaves and red stalks, is slightly more tender and flavorful than white chard = green chard, with white stalks and green leaves, but the two are interchangeable in most recipes. Substitutes: beet greens OR spinach OR turnip greens OR bok choy OR escarole OR mustard greens

beet greens Notes: Like their close relative, Swiss chard, beet greens have lots of flavor and a good, sturdy texture. The best ones are young and tender, and sometimes come with small beets attached. Substitutes: Swiss chard (a very close substitute) OR turnip greens OR spinach (cooks more quickly)

spinach Equivalents: One pound fresh = 1 cup cooked = 5 ounces frozen Notes: Spinach is packed with nutrients, and it’s quite versatile. You can toss it raw into salads, or cook it briefly to make a side dish or soup. Of the two main varieties, smooth leaf spinach = flat leaf spinach = salad spinach is more delicate and better suited to salads than curly leaf spinach. Look for spinach with small, narrow stems–they’re younger and more tender. And always use fresh spinach if you can; it’s much more palatable than frozen or canned spinach. Substitutes: Chinese spinach (more delicate) OR Swiss chard (more flavorful, but takes longer to cook) OR beet greens (more flavorful, but takes longer to cook) OR sorrel (color fades when cooked; consider adding parsley for color) OR kale (especially in casseroles; takes longer to cook) OR turnip greens (discard stems; takes longer to cook) OR escarole (especially with hot bacon dressings)

radish greens Notes: These have a peppery flavor, and they’re great raw in salads and sandwiches, or you can cook them as you would other leafy greens. The leaves are fairly pungent, though, so a little goes a long way. The greens from young plants are best. Substitutes: mustard greens

mustard greens = curled mustard Notes: These are more popular in the South than in the rest of the country. There are red and green varieties, and both have a peppery bite. If the greens are too pungent for your taste, you can tame them by blanching them in salted water. Substitutes: gai choy (less pungent) OR escarole (less pungent) OR kale (less pungent) OR Swiss chard (less pungent) OR spinach (less pungent; cooks more quickly) OR radish greens

kohlrabi greens Notes: These can be cooked just like Swiss chard. Remove the stems first if they’re too thick. Substitutes: Swiss chard OR collard greens OR kale

collard greens = collards Notes: This is a favorite of Southern cooks, who often cook them with salt pork or smoked ham hocks. Frozen collards are an acceptable substitute for fresh. Substitutes: kale (crinkled leaves) OR kohlrabi leaves OR bok choy (milder flavor) OR turnip greens OR mustard greens (spicier flavor

CSA Starts tonight! Come meet our new interns!

garfieldcommunityfarm — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:34:56 +0000

We’ve got an exciting evening ahead of us at Garfield Community Farm! Today kicks off the first week of our CSA and our first official work night for our new summer interns! Come on out, help tend the garden, play with some kids, meet the neighbors and our CSA families tonight.

6:00 until dark
Corner of Wicklow and Cornwall St. in Garfield.

Questions? Call Kelly at 412.874.8231

Hope to see you all tonight!

Come help plant Fruit trees and work with Open Hand tonight!

garfieldcommunityfarm — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:50:56 +0000

Hi Friends!

Please come help us tonight! We are planting all our new fruit trees and we are also joining forces with our sister ministry, Open Hand to help them finish a house down the street they’ve been renovating.

We need all the help we can get! 6:00 at the corner of wicklow and cornwall st in garfield! Bring your friends! Bring your neighbors! Bring your mom!

Last Chance for Seedlings/Enviro-Friend at the Children’s Museum!

garfieldcommunityfarm — Sun, 16 May 2010 02:33:48 +0000

Garfield Community Farm has a busy Sunday tomorrow!
Come visit the last day of our seedling sale tomorrow (Sunday, May 16) in the side yard of the Union Project at 801 N. Negley Ave. Pgh, PA 15206. We’ll have lots of different tomatoes, peppers, herbs and other veggies! (And bags of freshly picked salad greens if you get there early!!)

Already have your seedlings for the year? Come visit us as part of World Environment Day 2010 at the Enviro-Friend festival at the Children’s Museum! Kelly will be there teaching kids about the farm and how to transplant tomato seedlings! For more info, check out http://www.pittsburghkids.org

Annual Seedling Sale!

garfieldcommunityfarm — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:39:53 +0000

Mother's Day Seedling Sale

The Mother’s Day freeze is over and this weekend will be perfect timing to buy your tomato, pepper and eggplant seedlings for your home garden.

Come out to the Union Project on Sunday May 16th between 10 and 2pm, located at 801 N. Negley Ave. We have some great heirloom tomatoes that all look great this year including Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, Ida Gold, Crimson Sprinter, Gold Currant, and a lot more. Only $2 a piece.

Community Work Night tonight!

garfieldcommunityfarm — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:05:52 +0000

Come out, help us get ready for the growing season, meet your neighbors and have fun!

6:00 till dark.

Any questions? Call Kelly @ 412.874.8231

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Garfield Farm at the Geek Arts/Green Innovators Festival today!

garfieldcommunityfarm — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:16:25 +0000

Come visit us at the GA/GI Festival tonight along Penn Ave (across from the Quiet Storm)! All kinds of interesting things to check out on a beautiful Friday night in Pittsburgh!!

http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e2tuok3o5acaa865