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Category Archives: Growing Vegetables
Gearing Up For Summer 2016
I’ve decided that time goes by way too fast. I was talking to a friend of mine that other day and it is truly amazing how we were young men of 24 and then bang…40 years went by! It’s another … Continue reading
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The Vegetable Garden 1 – Spring 2016
Another year…another growing season upon us here on Long Island. This will be our year 13 growing vegetables at the Greenlawn Organic Gardens in Huntington Town, in Suffolk County New York. As we do each year in late February, we … Continue reading
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ANOTHER GROWING SEASON OVER – GARDEN 2015
Hard to believe but it’s already December…another year has blown by in the wink of an eye. The vegetable garden is still producing a trickle of items even now. But soon the harvest will be finished and we’ll wait till … Continue reading
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Tagged vegetable garden Long Island NY
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Summer Vegetables Winding Down…
Wow! Where did the spring go?! And now the summer has passed as well. A growing garden points out the never ending cycles of the natural world in a unique and intimate fashion to those of us who work the … Continue reading
Summer Vegetables 2015
Wow! Where did the spring go?! And now the summer is cruising along…July a memory and a warm August upon us. We had a nice garlic crop which we picked the first week of July. They’ve had a few wee … Continue reading
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Tomatoes & Peppers..Summer Can’t Be Far Behind!
As discussed in the last episode, this past week we prepared the soil for the tomato bed and then this weekend we planted the tomatoes and peppers. Another warm weather crop is the eggplant. We usually plant … Continue reading
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Tagged Eggplant, Herb, Leaf vegetable, Loose leaf, Tomato
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The Veggie Garden 2015-continued
It’s beginning to look like the 2015 growing season is going to be another excellent year! It’s been a little dry in the early going which has resulted in more trips to the plot to water, but overall the plants … Continue reading
GET THOSE VEGGIES ROLLIN’ ! – PART 2
Lettuce, beets, kale, mesclun greens, snow peas, cabbage and other cool weather crops should in the ground now. The tomatoes and peppers are still in the hardening stage. They’ll be ready in about 10 days. Here are some shots of … Continue reading
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Tagged Garden, Lettuce, Plant, Sowing, vegetable gardening on Long Island
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Kale…Easy to Grow and Good for You!
I’ve been growing kale for several years. This vegetable is really easy to grow, the bugs seem to ignore it and the harvest is usually quite abundant. We do two different types. These shots were taken in our plot late … Continue reading
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Tagged Brassica, Brassica oleracea, Collard greens, Health, Kale, Leaf vegetable, United States, World
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Growing Vegetables- Summer 2014- Part 6
The growing season is in full swing here on Long Island and it’s been quite a good season at that. We grow garlic every year and I’d highly recommend it. It’s a simple crop to grow, the seed stock is … Continue reading
