New Brooklyn Farms has added a 14-foot tall greenhouse that will allow it to grow more specialty crops into the winter.
The Mount Rainier urban farm added a 34-foot-by-48-foot gothic frame high-tunnel hoophouse over the last two weeks, almost exactly four years since entrepreneur Doug Adams bought a quarter-acre vacant lot next to his mom’s house for it.
Adams led a team of seven Route 1 residents, including employees of Maryland Meadworks and the University of Maryland, to build it.
“The hoophouse will allow New Brooklyn Farms to scale and expand its range of specialty crops, allowing extended production of a wider range into the colder months,” Adams told the Hyattsville Wire. “A variety of herbs, fruits, and flowers are planned to be grown both in-ground and in hanging containers.”
This fall and winter, Adams will plant cover crops to restore the soil in the greenhouse.
After a break from event programming this summer due to the pandemic, New Brooklyn Farms has begun socially-distanced outdoor events, CSA pickups for fellow local farmers and pop-up plant sales. A grand opening event is planned before the end of the year.
