Jake Rajs Photos

[xf_fullscreen size=’extra_large’ animation=’slide’ autoplay=’false’ interval=’5′ control_layout=”] [xf_fullscreen_slide id=’2216′][/xf_fullscreen_slide] [xf_fullscreen_slide id=’2215′][/xf_fullscreen_slide] [xf_fullscreen_slide id=’2214′][/xf_fullscreen_slide] [xf_fullscreen_slide id=’2213′][/xf_fullscreen_slide] [xf_fullscreen_slide id=’2212′][/xf_fullscreen_slide] [/xf_fullscreen] [xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] Some good-looking photos by Westhampton Beach photographer Jake Rajs accompany this article by Lisa Finn in North Fork Patch. [/xf_textblock]

Colonnade Row

[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] When visiting the Merchants House Museum in Manhattan, be sure and walk by Colonnade Row, the series of columned rowhouses located on the 400 block of Lafayette Street, around the corner from the Merchant’s House, near the Cooper Union. The rowhouses are not open to the public, but …

Black Plastic Mulch

[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] We are laying black plastic mulch with drip irrigation tape underneath it in preparation for planting field tomatoes.  Black plastic mulch not only enables the tomatoes to grow to harvest size sooner, but it also conserves water by cutting down on water loss from evaporation as the water …