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Our brussel sprouts seemed a little stunted this year. Perhaps the lack of sun and warmth this summer drained the energy needed for larger sprouts. But our abundance of these mini-sprouts will see us through January, we hope.

Gardening through the Frost

Late fall and early winter have always been the saddest time of year for me. This is the furthest point in the calendar year from tending to growing fruits and...

3-Green Baby Turnip Salad

One of the greatest joys of growing your own food is being able to harvest crops at different stages of growth than they are usually available at your grocery store...

Garden’s in! Thank you SUNY Cobleskill!

The remaining flats from SUNY Cobleskill. Early last spring you might remember us posting about how the wonderful students of SUNY Cobleskill’s Plant...

Gardening Memories Contest

Me...up to mischief as always... Win a set of five of our favorite gardening & rural prose books from HarperCollins. Contest details at bottom of post. WAR...

“Scattersowing” radishes & carrots.

Radish Sprout What do we love most about planting in beds? The scattershot seed planting method…or “scattersow.” With 52 beds to prep and till...

Planting Potatoes

Purple Peruvian Fingerling Potatoes being cut into "seeds." Everybody calls us crazy for planting our potatoes as early as we do. Everybody except our...

Easy Durable Raised Bed Trellising

Climbing towards the sun. Many of our favorite vegetables in the Beekman Heirloom Vegetable Garden require some sort of trellising – tomatoes, beans, peas,...

The Great Tomato Race

Wapsipinicon Peach Tomatos have a unique fuzzy skin and extremely sweet flavor. And the winner is…Wapsipinicon Peach! Last week you’ll remember we started...

Seeds for Obama

From One Garden to Another Our farm, Beekman 1802, is located in Sharon Springs, NY, in the very heart of what was known as “the breadbasket of the American Revolution.” The...

Fodder for Fireside Chats

THERE IS SOME VERY FINE READING TO BE HAD IN THE SEED CATALOGS that are piling up on the coffee table. The catalogs always prompt deep, philosophical questioning...