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Tag Archives: Fruit Farm
03/11/2020
The soils on Long Island are naturally acidic. Because our fruit trees need more alkaline soils to grow well, we spread lime on the fields in the winter to bring the soil pH to the optimal level.
2/29/2020
Walking down a long row of trees with the chainsaw. We prune the fruit trees this time of year to allow more air to enter the canopy. That increased airflow through the branches reduces the potential for fungal disorders and makes for fewer applications of chemical sprays through the growing season.
2/21/2020
The growing season begins again on some of the coldest days of the year with these baby tomato plants starting out inside the warmth of the greenhouse.
2/19/2020
There’s no shortage of fruitwood around here during pruning season.
2/01/2020
After we prune the branches off the fruit trees, we chop up the prunings into bits. This conservation practice helps to conserve moisture during the growing season, incorporates organic material into the soil, and is part of our crop rotation system, in which we grow a different crop on the soil where fruit trees used …
June 1
Plowing under a bunch of green organic material to help conserve moisture and improve the condition of the soil. What do you suppose we should plant in this newly-plowed field? Tomatoes? Sweet corn? How about melons?
June 3
We now feature the first strawberries of the season for sale at the farmstand.
May 31
Dog gazing out over the newly-plowed ground.
May 29
Asparagus is on the stand.