Pollen - Urban Farming and Beekeeping

01/08/2016

Our certified advanced master gardener Rachel Ziesk is teaching a 6 week gardening course this winter; the perfect time to find out what you need to know to have a successful garden this year. You can take all the classes or pick and choose the ones you'd like to go to. https://www.smore.com/rbvdq

Learning for Spring! Join Rachel Ziesk, Advanced Master Gardener, for a series of classes that will cover everything you need to be a...

11/22/2015

08/26/2015

Our own Advanced Master Gardener Rachel Ziesk will be giving a free workshop this Saturday, August 29th on Preserving your garden harvest and planting fall crops. The workshop will be held at the Neighborhood Housing Services at 333 Sherman Ave (off Whalley) from 10am - Noon. It's free! Though donations are welcome.

08/04/2015

04/16/2015

If you're growing garlic now is the time to take off most of the mulch from the winter. As you can see, some of the garlic looks a bit yellow, but it will green up in a few days. Need to let those leaves get the sun to bring energy to making big bulbs. Leave about 1/2 an inch of mulch on, garlic doesn't like to compete with weeds. Don't forget to feed your garlic, it's a heavy feeder, like a fertilizer high in nitrogen.

04/01/2015

Finally! The ground is unfrozen and we're starting to plant.. Peas, lettuce, spinach, kale, onion, tatsoi.. all the in the ground today. As long as the soil is unfrozen, you can plant cold lovers. We're 2+ weeks later than usual, but at least we're getting going now!

03/22/2015

Going to pick up some chicks at the post office.

03/13/2015

We tend to agree with Andrew Cote and other beekeepers quoted in this article. "The best way to help bees is to solve the problems they are working through, not make it easier for people to harvest honey from the hive."

The Flow Hive recently set the Internet abuzz with its promise of simplifying the honey-harvesting process, but some experts are speaking out about the product, with one even calling it an "expensive gimmick." The product, which allows ...

03/12/2015

Class on garden pests and diseases and how to control them organically, happening this saturday March 14th, at 10am at the Neighborhood housing services on Sherman Ave. in New Haven. Come learn how to control pests and diseases in your garden, no one will be turned away because of inability to pay. Info below. https://www.smore.com/km1v7-grow-it-gardening-series

Join Rachel Ziesk, Advanced Master Gardener, for a series of classes that will cover everything you need to be a successful home gardener...