We took a trip to the black dirt region in upstate New York this weekend. We visited the Rogowski Farm on Pine Island, which happens to be one of the vendors for my neighborhood farmer’s market (East New York Farmer’s Market). It was great to visit the birth place of the fruits and vegetables I consume throughout the summer.
The Black Dirt region takes its name from the dark, extremely fertile soil left over from an ancient glacial lake
bottom augmented by decades of past flooding of the Wallkill River. The 26,000 acres of muck left over is the largest concentration of such soil in the United States outside the Florida Everglades. –wikipedia
The black soil was very bouncey, our tour guide Cheryl Rogowski divded the group in half and asked one side to jump. When they landed the other side could feel the bounce and you could see the ground move as well…THE REASON:beneath the soil are layers of peat and below that humus and below that water…so the entire land is floating on water! Isn’t that insane?? Ahh the beauty of nature…I love this planet!
I brought some of the dirt back home to plant a few seeds in a small pot, more on the progress in a future post… 
tiny brussel sprouts
Bok Choy
