by Content | Jul 3, 2015 | Previous Animal in the Cycle
Syed Arif Mumtaz, our farm manager (assistance by Chris Thompson), pulls off radish sprout cover. By Marisa DeDominicis Why Radish? Every spring since I came to NYC, I have planted radishes in several community gardens including Sunnyside Community Garden (bulldozed...
by Content | Apr 2, 2015 | Previous Animal in the Cycle
These are the type of spores that we incorporated in Mushroom Village last autumn. This image was created by user Ann B. (Ann F. Berger) at Mushroom Observer, a source for mycological images. You can contact this user here. By Bill Koehnlein We revere them; we’re...
by Content | Apr 2, 2015 | Previous Animal in the Cycle
By Bill Koehnlein The statistics are in and it turns out that this past February has been the coldest one New York City has seen since 1934, and the fourth coldest on record. Even penguins couldn’t take it anymore and sought shelter wherever they could find it. So it...
by Content | Jan 3, 2015 | Previous Animal in the Cycle
By Marisa DeDominicis and Bill Koehnlein Chickens, as most Newsletter readers probably know, reside year-round at Earth Matter’s Compost Learning Center on Governors Island, and from late Spring to early Fall goats and rabbits make the Center their warm-weather home...
by Content | Oct 30, 2014 | Previous Animal in the Cycle
By Annie Barry The osprey, a large raptor, is a common sight along shorelines throughout North America in the summer months. Ospreys can be found on Governors Island during the fall and spring migrations, but they pause on the island for only a day or so to fish the...
by Content | Oct 6, 2014 | Previous Animal in the Cycle
By Emmie Campbell On a rainy day, Earth Matter was given a damp cardboard box by Governors Island Security. When I first glanced in the box, the contents appeared to be a pile of damp rags. As it began to move about, it became apparent that it was a baby bird! When...
