Category Archives: Growing Vegetables

Growing Vegetables- Summer 2014- Part 6

Posted on July 21, 2014 by joeref

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 →

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Growing Vegetables- Spring 2014- Part 5

Posted on June 5, 2014 by joeref

If you are on Long Island in New York you know that spring is now in full bloom and summer is just a few weeks away.  The weather by and large has been pleasant and pretty good for growing vegetables.  … Continue reading →

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Growing Vegetables-Spring 2014-Part 4

Posted on May 9, 2014 by joeref

It’s been a rainy cold spring so far…good for something I guess but definitely slowing down the growing process at our farm plot!  It’s also getting in the way of some of the hardening process back at the house.   … Continue reading →

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Onions and Potatoes-Spring 2014-Part 3

Posted on April 11, 2014 by joeref

  This week I put in 150 onions…75 red and 75 yellow.  What I did was make 5 rows with about 7 inches between them.  I dug out trenches about 5 inches deep and used the soil to build up … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready for the Growing Season 2014-Part 2

Posted on April 7, 2014 by joeref

  When last we talking about preparing for the 2014 season,  I had just planted bok choy, peppers and tomatoes in the little greenhouse I have in my dinning room.  That was about 2 weeks back.   The tomatoes have … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready for Growing Season 2014-Part 1

Posted on March 12, 2014 by joeref

Hello Gardeners!  It’s almost time to get your vegetable garden rolling for the 2014 growing season here on Long Island New York.  After the miserable winter we’ve suffered through,  it’s exciting to think of warmer days strolling the island beaches, … Continue reading →

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If the BEES Go… We ALL Follow

Posted on February 21, 2014 by joeref

I’ve been studying this rather scary and intimidating ecological dilemma for a few years now.  From time to time the story has popped up in the newspaper, magazines, on TV documentaries and of course on the net. I’ve always been … Continue reading →

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The Tomato Blight Continues to Haunt Long Island Farmers & Gardeners

Posted on September 2, 2013 by joeref

I’ve been growing tomatoes in the Greenlawn Organic Gardens for the last 10 years or so.  The first 5 years our crop was so huge that we were giving tomatoes away to everyone we knew.  We were making sauce practically … Continue reading →

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