We are thrilled to announce Fehr Ave Farm now hosts a solar-powered, aerated community composting station of our own design! We are excited for the new Schenectady Community Composting Collaborative, a partnership with Schenectady County Soil and Water District,...
Several tomato varieties grow well in our climate, including Opalka Paste Tomatoes. The sauce was canned depending on farm members’ preference to how thick or strained it was. Once the recipe was perfected, the sauce was water bath canned in our community...
Late summer our farm work turns towards preserving some of the bounty of vegetables overflowing our gardens. Recently farms members and staff harvested tomatoes, hot and sweet peppers, onions and cilantro and made a delicious salsa that we then water-bath canned....
Hi Farmers! We are in a drought and working hard, along with many of you, to keep up on both watering and harvesting all the veggies coming in now. We have potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, green beans, yellow wax beans, cucumbers, cabbage and culinary herbs, to name just...
The Free Food Fridge at Fehr Ave Farm is officially open 24/7! Stop by for a snack, a meal, or to stock up on essentials. This unique refrigerator cools food by harnessing the power of the sun. Look for it at the corner of Fehr Avenue & Duck Pond Rd (near Central...
Busy days on the farms! There are sugar snap peas, lettuce, broccoli, kale, collards, strawberries and more available for harvest at the farms now. Given the lack of recent rainfall, we need at least one inch per week for established vegetables, a lot of our farm...
