Tag: hot peppers

Rooftop Reopens in September

We’re working hard to turn our spring and summer’s work into a delicious fall harvest.  Here’s a shot of what we’re busy with: delicious hot peppers that have made their way from seeds in Santa Fe to seedlings in New Paltz and now fruiting plants in Brooklyn, New York.

Our staff work this time of year includes keeping up on their health (so far, so good!) with organic care and nutrients.  We’re proud to say these beauties have been holding their own so far in flavor, color and heat.  We’re looking forward (in about 10 days-2 weeks) to the full color-change and explosion of harvest that we’ve been waiting for since our eyes first set sight on them in our seed catalogues.

Sunday Market October 9th

Hot peppers, how we love ye.  The sweet flesh, the sharp bite, the deliciously high nutrient content of a deeply healthy food.  Oh, and the colors match what the world is about to do to celebrate fall.

Join us this Sunday during our farm market and open day as we clean up tomatoes, sow clover, and pick peppers while not rubbing our eyes.  It’s not quite the end of tshirt season, so get your Rooftop Farm shirt on before the holiday season shops them all away!

Hot Sauce & Compost Cookies!

This week at the Farm, we’ve got the hots for you! Our Andy, Ladybug, Hungarian Hot Wax, Jalapeno and Ancho Poblano peppers are in full swing, with more rare varieties in smaller amounts–you’ve got to try them to believe us, but we’ll swear up and down we’ve got the hottest fruits in town.  We’ve been making our beloved “CONCENTRATE!!” a mix of vinegar, salt and hot peppers that lets the peppers shine.  Your job is to add the mango juice, tomato puree, chocolate powder and roasted peanuts–whatever it is that allows you to enjoy best the spiciest crop on the farm.

This Sunday at 2pm we’re joined by author, professor and historian Annie Hauck-Lawson, who’ll school us on making a treat that sounds tasty but is best left for the garden: worm compost cookies.  Yum!  More on Annie can be found here.