A lot of people, not just here but across our nation, have gotten caught up in the wave of gardening to create a greater sense of self sufficiency and life quality, Alice Waters, or Barbara Kingsolver style. But, I’ve met a number of people, stopping by Cherry Grove Farm in Newtown, where I garden, or [...] Continue Reading…

With summer officially underway according to the calendar, gardeners in our area should have most of their vegetable and flower seeds and plants in the ground. But, it is possible to prepare for late summer and fall crops now. Several items may or should actually be planted at this time, such as turnips, escarole, lettuce, [...] Continue Reading…

Weeds can be the bane of any gardener’s existence, whether on a small home plot or a huge farm. But some of them are regarded as good to eat. One year, a guest gardener came to our farm. He planted a lot of stuff. However, he was more inclined to sit on his porch and [...] Continue Reading…

Every year, a debate rages for the length of the growing season on how best to grow tomatoes. Each gardener and farmer has a tomato method and swears by it, citing past successes. We hear arguments on whether to tie the tomatoes to stakes, grow them in wire cages, tie them flat to a fence, [...] Continue Reading…

While some gardeners and farmers have been planting various crops for a month, the gardening season traditionally gets under way in New England on Memorial Day weekend. Gardeners living in Bridgeport and other communities along Long Island believe they can get away with planting a few weeks earlier because their climate is somewhat warmer than [...] Continue Reading…

Nearly 10 years after Bianca LeBron disappeared from a city schoolyard, what happened to her still remains a mystery. On the morning of Nov. 7, 2001, Bianca, then 10 years old, arrived at Elias Howe School. But, instead of entering the school on Clinton Avenue to attend class, she told friends she would instead go [...] Continue Reading…