(image courtesy of Wilson Street Urban Farm) Great article in the Buffalo News today about urban farming…it features B-F residents Mark and Janice Stevens of Wilson Street Urban Farm fame. Advocates are trying to get city leaders to to develop a process to make it easier to for people to start urban farms and avoid [...]
Jun
15
BFA: Garlic scapes for sale via Wilson Street Urban Farm…
How cool is this…from Mark Stevens of Wilson Street Urban Farm fame… We have plenty of garlic scapes for sale at $5.50/lb or $.50 for a bundle of 5. The scapes are the seed heads of the garlic that grow up a stalk. I must cut these off of all my garlic plants to make [...]
Jun
05
BFA: Farm Report…
(click on pictures for full view) The above are pictures from last week’s first Wilson Street Urban Farm work day…Mark and Janice Stevens invite you to come out tomorrow at 9 am…just meet on Wilson Street between Broadway and Sycamore. We will be cleaning the lots, removing rocks from the field, watering the existing [...]
May
04
BFA: Planting trees and down on the farm
(click on images for full view) Saturday was one of those B-F days I love…between participating in a mass tree planting and touring the Wilson Street Urban Farm, I couldn’t help but to feel energized about the neighborhood. (My muscles still hurt…) A nice crowd of people showed up to both lend a hand [...]
Apr
23
Tour proposed Wilson Street farm area & plant some trees – Saturday, 05/02
This event is two-fold…you can help plant some trees in the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood…then meet the Stevens and take a tour of Wilson Street Urban Farm area… Meet at Broadway Market in rear lot between 8:30-9 am and participate in ReTree WNY event…lunch will be provided to those who help plant trees at noon in Broadway [...]
Apr
06
BFA Audio: Interview with Mark Stevens on Wilson Street Urban Farm
(pic/Derek Gee Buffalo News) Interesting interview with Mark Stevens…he and his family are just trying to make a difference. The most interesting comments were in reference to the city’s claim that the land has already been marked for use by Habitat for Humanity for new homes as part of the reason for the denial of [...]
Apr
05
BFA: To Farm or Not to Farm…shouldn’t be a question at all!
(video of Wilson Street farm area) I was surprised when I read in the Buffalo News today that a proposed urban farm for Wilson was turned down by the city. I met Janice and Mark Stevens this past summer at a East Side GNPA meeting and was immediately wowed by their plan to transform most [...]
