Starting Tomatoes from Seed
Tomatoes, Solanum lycopersicum, continue to be one of America’s favorite garden vegetables. And here at my Bedford, New York farm, it is also among my biggest summer crops. [&hellip...
View ArticlePlanting the Season's Sweet Peas
The weather is finally starting to warm up here in the Northeast and all of us at my farm are looking forward to gardening season. My outdoor grounds [&hellip...
View ArticlePlanting Potatoes in the Vegetable Garden
Work in the vegetable garden is well underway. Last week, we planted three long beds of potatoes, with three rows in each bed. Potatoes are grown from “seed [&hellip...
View ArticleMore Planting in the Vegetable Garden
Fresh, organic produce will soon be growing in my vegetable garden. Planting is in full swing here at my farm. My vegetable garden is looking excellent this season. [&hellip...
View ArticlePlanting a Bed of Sunflowers
Whenever possible, we always practice succession planting here at my Bedford, New York farm. Succession planting is the practice of following one crop with another to maximize a [&hellip...
View ArticleMy Blooming Sunflowers
Many of you have commented on how eager you are to see our bed of sunflowers in bloom. They're now open - with their big daisy-like faces and [&hellip...
View ArticlePreparing and Planting My Vegetable Greenhouse
Fresh, organic produce will soon be growing in my vegetable greenhouse. As my outdoor grounds crew continues with fall chores around the farm, attention is directed toward preparing [&hellip...
View ArticleStarting Eggplants from Seed
The weather is finally starting to warm up here in the Northeast. Temperatures are expected in the 60s this weekend, and everyone at my farm is working hard [&hellip...
View ArticlePlanting in the Vegetable Garden
The beds in my vegetable garden are filling up quickly. My gardeners and outdoor grounds crew have been very busy in the vegetable garden down by my chicken [&hellip...
View ArticleUsing a Commercial-Sized Urban Cultivator
More delicious greens are sprouting inside my new Urban Cultivators! Recently, I received two new indoor units from Urban Cultivators - a hydroponics company in Canada that manufactures [&hellip...
View ArticlePreparing and Planting the Season's First Crop of Peas
Everybody is thinking about the spring gardens, including all of us here at my Bedford, New York farm. In fact, we just planted our first crop in the [&hellip...
View ArticleA Garden of Wildflowers
My flower gardens continue to delight all who visit. Fortunately, there are many flowering plants that blossom this time of year, including sunflowers, cosmos, coreopsis, calendula, and baby's...
View ArticleSaving Flower Seeds
It's always nice to collect seeds of favorite flowers so they can grow again in next year's gardens. Seed saving is the practice of keeping seeds or other [&hellip... The post Saving Flower Seeds...
View ArticleStarting Vegetables from Seed for a Fall Harvest
Gardeners, think ahead - mid-to-late summer is the best time to start seeds in order to extend the harvest window into autumn. Here at my Bedford, New York [&hellip... The post Starting Vegetables...
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