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Stay safe in the heat: Drink plenty of water, spend time in the shade, and visit the first aid station at Soissons Landing if you feel unwell. Click here for important warm weather visitor information.

Stay safe in the heat: Drink plenty of water, spend time in the shade, and visit the first aid station at Soissons Landing if you feel unwell. Click here for important warm weather visitor information.

Res­i­dent Goats Name­less No Longer!

After a long and thought­ful delib­er­a­tion, the names of our two female kid goats (one of two shown above) have been decid­ed! Wel­come Salt n Pep­pa, who will be mak­ing them­selves at home on Gov­er­nors Island’s Urban Farm this sum­mer! Orig­i­nal­ly from Goodale Farms in River­head, Long Island, they will be cared for by our friends at Earth Mat­ter until the end of the season.

Besides the fact that our fury friends are adorable and super soft, they have joined the NYC Com­post Learn­ing Cen­ter in the Urban Farm to help the com­post­ing process. Their diet will con­sist of NY res­i­dent veg­etable scraps in addi­tion to leaves, weeds, and branch­es. This will allow them to pro­duce lots of manure. In fact, goat manure has a 2.4% nitro­gen con­tent- that’s high­er than cow (0.6%) and horse manure (0.7%)! The high lev­el of nitro­gen makes goat drop­pings a great addi­tion to the compost. 

The Com­post Learn­ing Cen­ter is locat­ed in Gov­er­nors Island’s Urban Farm, near the Oval and by the entrance to the Hills. It’s open to the pub­lic Sat­ur­days and Sun­days from 12PM-4PM dur­ing the sea­son with spe­cial activ­i­ties at 2:30PM.

Vis­it https://​earth​mat​ter​.org/ for a full cal­en­dar of events and vol­un­teer opportunities.