Long Island Gardening Community Resource

So I volunteered today at the Restoration Farm in Old Bethpage. The keepers of the farm, Dan and Caroline, are great people, really, really great people. I grew up around there and remember visiting The Old Bethpage Village Restoration, but I never knew there were farm animals around; pigs, cows, chickens, and horses. What a fantastic place! Not to mention its a great open space in Nassau County and some of the houses there are from the 19th century. As soon as I walked in, I felt I had taken a step back into time, to simple times.

We planted about 2,000 garlic cloves in 3-4 hours in a mixed bag of weather. I did some raking of beds and planting of garlic. After we finished planting a bed garlic, Dan would run the “spreader” over it with some aged manure. After we were done, the garlic received a nice shower to settle into their new homes. It was a beautiful day.