[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] Here is a video of some young Americans trying their hand at steering a pair of water buffalo while plowing a rice paddy in Cambodia. Water buffalo are widely used in Southeast Asia as draft animals because they find the water congenial, and because they are relatively docile …
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Wickham’s Fruit Farm’s Honey
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] We now have our honey on the stand. Wickham’s Fruit Farm’s honey has a unique flavor that comes from the vegetation and climate of the East End, where the honey bees spend their time. [/xf_textblock]
Transplanting Tomato Plants
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] This week we are transplanting tomato plants into the field. We grow these tomatoes on land that has been preserved as open space in perpetuity. Wickham’s Fruit Farm supports the community by maintaining the traditional rural character and open space that characterize Cutchogue and give it its personality. …
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 …
Blast From The Past
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] Blast from the past: Can anyone guess who these three people are, and about what year the photo was taken? [/xf_textblock]
An Interesting Soil Map
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] An interesting soil map of the East End of Long Island from the US Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Cornell University Experiment Station, 1972. The sandy loam soils of the East End are comparatively rare in the United States and are a major reason why the area’s farms, …
Gary Brown’s Truck
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] Look at this early Ford pickup of our friend Gary Brown. What year-model do you suppose this immaculately-restored pickup is? [/xf_textblock]
Coming Soon To Wickham’s Fruit Farm
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] Coming up on the Wickham harvest calendar: strawberries around June 1, raspberries and cherries and more in July. Currently at the stand: asparagus, rhubarb, and tomatoes. Everybody seems to have a special recipe and menu partner for our tomatoes; we would welcome receiving yours and sharing them with others. …
Bees & Honey
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] Wickham’s Fruit Farm hires a professional beekeeper to supply bee hives every year to replace those that don’t survive over the winter. Bees pollinate the flowers in our apple trees, a critical step in producing apples, and we extract and sell the all-natural honey in the fall. [/xf_textblock]
One Lucky Duck
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=’pulse’ animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] “Don’t worry! The duck’s fine!” These two are actually unlikely best friends, read the full story here. [/xf_textblock]