Our Great Plains grain drill is virtually the only ten-foot grain drill on Long Island to have the wheels in the center and not at the ends. By making that modification, we are able to plant cover crop, grains, and grasses right up to the edge of the field without a wheel getting in the …
Tag Archives: Farm
06/19/2020
Some vintage machinery in the barn.
06/12/2020
At low tide.
5/30/2020
Installing wooden posts for our planting of trellised apple trees. Growing apples on a trellis provides several benefits, including keeping high winds from damaging the branches, and allowing more sunlight to enter the tree, which produces better-tasting apples.
5/19/2020
Our open-air shopping features asparagus, tomatoes, pies, donuts, and baked goods.
2/13/2020
Tossing firewood into the pile.
2/11/2020
By pruning the trees in the winter, we enable more sunlight to enter the tree during the growing season, and the greater sunlight helps produce tastier, sweeter fruit.
1/31/2020
Doing some serious crop rotation.
May 30
Hanging out in the shed.
May 13
Corn plants coming up.