Long Island Gardening Community Resource

Over the past few years I have come across many articles/books that discuss the importance of mirobial/bacteria/fungi activity in order to accomplish a healthy soil. They say in every handful of a healthy soil, there should be millions of cute little microbes that do the dirty work to make food readily available for […]

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There are some thinks to think about when starting or preparing your garden.
1. One of the most important things is to know how much sun your garden gets everyday. If you gauge it at this time of year, remember the sun will be out longer and will be higher in the sky (and does take […]

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Today was garlic planting day; Four rows, 3 inches apart, each garlic 3 inches apart.  The bed had been prepped a few weeks ago with compost amendments and old mulch (from the tomatoes) mixed in to the soil.  I set up two strings lengthwise to to the bed and marked with marker every 3 inches.  […]

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Today I prepped an area where I will plant garlic for next year. I am planting each clove 3 inches from its brother or sister.
I took some measuring tape, and a piece of thin plywood, and made myself a measuring stick, marking every inch with a marking and a number.
Then I used a horizontal […]

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We are starting to compile a Gardening Calendar. It will be of use to everyone who has that feeling that they are forgetting to do something to nurture their garden at any time of the year.
We are asking you to send in your list of monthly activities in the garden.
For example, this […]

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Well here we are in October 2007 and it has been 70-mid 80 degree weather until yesterday the 11th.
I had to keep up with the heat and winds and water the garden every day, especially the young plants (chinese cabbage, endive, arugula, lettuce - youngins in my garden right now).
Then yesterday it started to rain […]

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In our house, we are lucky enough to have a kitchen that has a window directly over the sink that heads to the backyard. So we just toss all out kitchen scraps right out the window directly into the compost pile.
If you make your own compost, you know its always fun to […]

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