StreetLevel: Gardening Supply Store Opening on Hicks
A gardening supply store called Brooklyn Farms is coming to the corner of Hicks and Degraw. A neighbor says workers have been busy fixing the space up and that it’s slated to open soon. GMAP
A gardening supply store called Brooklyn Farms is coming to the corner of Hicks and Degraw. A neighbor says workers have been busy fixing the space up and that it’s slated to open soon. GMAP
thanks for all the well-wishes every one. please check out my site. its in the works but should be full and functional in next couple weeks:
http://www.bkfarms.com
Although I’m a firm believer of “you don’t win friends with salad”, I also believe that it’s pretty fucking cool to be able to grow plants with water, rocks and light. Screw you stupid soil! You’re dirty. Plus, it’s nice that there’s a cool / edgier store among all of the blah, blah, blah in this part of brooklyn. It was actually pretty surprisingly awesome. I can only deal with so many one-word-name stores with the vowels missing: grdn. Whatevs. I think I’ll get my nephew one of these for xmas. This way, we won’t have to have another toilet funeral for the dead goldfish/aquarium combo i got him last holiday.
Plus, I agree with the comments about the owner. He’s pretty cute – for someone slinging garden supplies. I gotta say, the gardening people of my past weren’t great to look at so this is a nice change of pace. Heeeeyyy sailor!
a welcome addition to the neighborhood! viva la brooklyn farms!
Hydroponics! Amazing! now i can finally eat well and organically without it costing me a fortune. I’ll grow my own tomato’s and veggies. Yum. Nice conversation piece in the corner of my apartment also.
Thanks Brooklyn Farms.
ah thats what this place is. hydroponics. i walk by brooklyn farms every night and the hydro garden this dude has rigged in the window looks pretty sweet. more importantly, the grow light at night is not dissimilar to the pharos lighthouse of alexandria. guides me home through the merky waters of hicks street after a night of pounding beers and staring at the mediocre talent on parade in the gardens
Ah, now I know where to go for my indoor pot garden!
I walked by Brooklyn Farms yesterday – its really cute! Owner was really nice, he was playing good jazz and looked like he was putting the finishing touches on the place. He’s really cute too 😉
The window display was a really interesting water and light system. He told me he is growing mostly beans, lettuce, carrots, and tomatoes, and japanese vegetables. The beans and tomatoes looked absolutely fantastic. Get this though: he is doing it all hydroponically. No soil – just water, rocks, and light. amazing
Apparently everything in there is catered towards hydroponics and indoor, “urban” gardening. He showed me some soil but the rest of the stuff in there looked like a science experiment. very cool, interesting place.
Liberty Sunset is nice, it’s right by Steve’s Key Lime Pies in Red Hook. It’s more live plants than plant supplies I think. I got some cute plants there. Mazzone Hardware has a great seasonal gardening shop next to the regular hardware store, but it’s more low end stuff. I got some plastic planters there and they also have basic terra cotta planters. They also carry soil but no prettier containers or gardening supplies (like the gloves I must buy for next year’s herb crop). I’m guessing since this space is smaller and more “shop-like” that it will be more focused on gardening supplies supplies rather than actual plants. At least I hope. Like simple but pleasant looking functional items (like a water can, gardening gloves, gardening tools) none of which I saw at Liberty or Mazzone. So hopefully it will fill in that gap rather than encroach on the existing businesses.
I don’t know about the others but Chelsea is awfully pricey.