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Asparagus is on the stand.
Apricot blossoms
These apricot blossoms display a dense, vivid scarlet color before coming out into full bloom.
Disk and plow.
· May 6 · The disk and plow sitting in a field of cover crop.
Irrigation pipe
May 5 · At the beginning of the growing season, in a ritual that is familiar to generations of people on the North Fork of Long Island whose youth involved working on a farm, Jose lays irrigation pipe in a field of asparagus.
Pruning trees
May 4 Manny using a professional-quality pair of pruning shears. We use high-quality equipment to prune our trees, to get the right kind of cuts.
Small cucumber plants in the greenhouse.
We protect our small cucumber plants in the greenhouse, where they will eventually produce 8-inch to 10-inch seedless cucumbers that will be ready for harvest at the end of May.