GroenHartig

04/03/2024

Find the pot of gold in our greenhouses this spring! 🍀😉

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30/01/2024

07/09/2023

Benieuwd naar deze mini watermeloenen?

Cucamelon, ook bekend als muismeloen, is een kleine vrucht afkomstig uit Midden-Amerika. Ze behoren tot de komkommerfamilie en groeien aan klimplanten. Ideaal in een verfrissende salade of als snack! 🥒🌱

Mini watermelons!

Cucamelon (also known as mouse melon) is a small fruit native to Central America. It's a member of the cucumber family and grows on climbing plants. You really taste the cucumber, but get a kick of lime as well, so they're perfect in salad or as a quick snack. 🥒🌱

02/09/2023

Deze week in het pakket / this week in the veggie box🌱

24/08/2023

Baby-Boo' pumpkin 💚

We always like to try out some new varieties. This year this little pumpkin got our attention because of it's size and the reviews we've seen on it's flavour. They taste kind of like a nutty sweet potato.

19/08/2023

🌱 Deze week in het pakket / this week in the veggie box! 🌱

12/08/2023

"👩‍🌾👩‍🌾 Meet the Groenhartig team 👩‍🌾👩‍🌾

From left to right: Michel, Maike, Milan, Geralien and Jantien.

Swipe to also meet Baptiste, our intern from France who has been with us for the past two months!




















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08/08/2023

Tomato harvest of the day 🍅

07/06/2023

We proberen steeds meer groenbemesters te integreren in onze tuinen! Groenbemesters zijn planten die bij ons als hoofddoel hebben om de bodem gezonder te maken. Ze groeien vaak snel, maken veel biomassa boven en onder de grond en binden nutriënten om die later langszaam weer vrij te geven aan de bodem voor de volgende teelt.

Op dit stuk hebben we vooral Phacelia tanacetifolia (ook heel soms Bijenbrood genoemd) ingezaaid. Deze kiemt namelijk makkelijk in koude grond in het vroege voorjaar en groeit heel snel. Ook bloeit deze heel rijkelijk en hebben de wilde bijen en hommels er heel veel aan.

Binnenkort gaan we met de klepelmaaier over de bedden nadat de bijen een tijdje hebben kunnen snacken. Dit zorgt ervoor dat de plant fijngesnipperd op het bed komt te liggen. Dit wordt dan de voeding voor de groenten die binnenkort geplant worden. In dit geval verschillende boerenkoolsoorten, palmkool, en onze gigantische boterzachte koolrabi's.

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We are trying to integrate more and more green manures into our gardens! Green manures are plants whose main goal is to make the soil healthier. They often grow quickly, produce a lot of biomass above and below the ground and bind nutrients to slowly release them back into the soil for the next crop.

We mainly sowed Phacelia tanacetifolia (also sometimes called Blue Tansy) on this plot. It germinates easily in cold soil in early spring and grows very quickly. It also blooms very profusely and the wild bees and bumblebees benefit a lot from it.

Soon we will go over the beds with the flail mower after the bees have been able to snack for a while. This ensures that the plant is finely shredded on the bed. This then becomes the food for the vegetables that will soon be planted. In this case different types of kale, cavalo nero, and our gigantic butter soft kohlrabis.

28/04/2023

The veggie box registrations are open!

We are starting next week Friday the 6th of May. Weekly box of locally grown eco-minded vegetables and herbs, with the addition of fruit, mushrooms and conserved goodness. Pickup possibilities throughout Amsterdam.

Signup and more info in the link in the bio!

21/04/2022

25/09/2021

These little helpers are the reason we never have issues with aphids. They look cute, but are really voracious carnivores 😳

Sadly they don't do everything at the farm, so we also do need (a lot of) human power. On that note; we are looking for some part-time assistance (with experience) for the coming fall and winter.

From February 2022 onwards we are also looking for a full-time (4 to 5 days a week) gardener that is serious about organic/eco market gardening food production.

We will update the "vacature" section on the website soon for more detailed information.

https://groen-hartig.nl/vacatures

02/07/2021

It's only really summer when you have unheated tomatoes 🥳

05/06/2021

Working on our new plot. First we applied compost early spring and then we periodically tilled the fields to drain the energy stored in the roots of the perennial weeds.

After this step we start shaping beds and we fork the beds to open up the layer that the tiller doesn't reach and we plant them.

We stop tilling the soil altogether after we made them allowing the soil ecosystem to take over. We just feed the soil with compost and organic amendments and broadfork for aeration and cultivate the surface for weeding and let our crawly friends do their thing in the soil.

29/05/2021

Cucumbers are in the ground. Let the summer begin!

17/05/2021

Tomatoes are planted. First little flavor bombs will be harvested in about 6 weeks! Can't wait 🤤