Brooklyn Top Farming Borough
Today’s news that Brooklyn has more farms than any other borough should come as no surprise at all. Nor should the fact that the topic provides yet another opportunity to flog the old theme that newer, wealthier residents somehow aren’t as “real” has longer-term, poorer residents. “We aren’t here for the trendy residents,” Kendall Morrison,…
Today’s news that Brooklyn has more farms than any other borough should come as no surprise at all. Nor should the fact that the topic provides yet another opportunity to flog the old theme that newer, wealthier residents somehow aren’t as “real” has longer-term, poorer residents. “We aren’t here for the trendy residents,” Kendall Morrison, who manages The Secret Garden Farm in Bushwick. “We’re here for the neighborhood folks.” Better take out that nose ring before you try to buy your kale from Kendall!
Brooklyn Has More Farms Than Other Boros [NY Daily News]
i love it when rob gets under people’s skin, especially when it’s some pasty ass redneck from the midwest.
JESUS CHRIST!!!!
What is everyone arguing about!?!?! Who the hell wants to be a farmer anyway? It’s the Daily News! No one called themselves a farmer the DN did!!!!
And Heather –
2.) Yes, you can mediate this by replacing the soil, raising the beds, etc, but did you? Did you ever even think about doing so?
Yes – we did replace the soil and put in an elevated bed – so we did it and thought about it otherwise it wouldnt have happened- but we call ourselves gardeners.
Lemonade stands kill me – I just walk by waiting for some runny nosed whelp to ask me why I am not buying – no one has yet!!! Until then I wait patiently – Country Time my ass!
CHRIST!
no rob, you just suck.
clearly i a struck nerve, huh matt
*rob*
or we could just close them down as lemonade stands are illegal lol
*rob*
“i personally wish these people went back home to the hog farms where they came from. kinda sucks when you walk out your door and you look around and everyone looks an inbred moonface fresh off the hog farm country bumpkin. BARF! stick your 10 dollar corn cob up your butt.”
Hey Rob, as someone who grew up in Iowa, fuck off you sad piece of shit. What an internet troll moron.
1,) The soil content in most Brooklyn backyards is full of things you wouldn’t want to be in your food. I’ve seen too many cases of lead poisoning and seen too many yards tested with lead to think otherwise.
2.) Yes, you can mediate this by replacing the soil, raising the beds, etc, but did you? Did you ever even think about doing so?
3.) I skimmed the responses, but I think I’m in the camp that says the tone of the Brownstoner reporting here is condescending and uncalled for. The original article looks fine.
4.) Please test your soil before planting the arugula.
5.) You growing arugula, or having chickens in your backyard is fine. Cute, even. But don’t delude yourself into thinking you’re saving the world by doing so.
Hey Rob, what are you doing Saturday? Why don’t we spend a few hours walking around the slope and criticizing all of the kids who have lemonade stands? We can even give them scores from 1 to 10. If you’re selling Crystal Light and your parents are basically doing all the work while you sit around picking your nose, you get a 1.
Shut up. It’s vegetables dammit. Eat them or die.