This Garden Party was inspired by a love affair between BEEKMAN 1802 and D. Landreth Seeds – one that has lasted for 207 years. In 1802 William Beekman sold Landreth Seeds from his mercantile located across from his home, The Beekman Mansion. Today proprietors of Landreth Seeds are the Beekman Mansion’s neighbors. The names Beekman and Landreth seem linked by fate.
This Garden Gate blog will keep you updated on all of the events of this year’s garden party. Check in often, especially during these early days while most gardeners around the country are spending more time planning than planting. If you are lucky enough to live in a warm zone, be sure to visit the party pages to share what’s growing by you. Just don’t gloat. We’re right behind you.
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...
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...
The remaining flats from SUNY Cobleskill.
Early last spring you might remember us posting about how the wonderful students of SUNY Cobleskill’s Plant...
What the devil is a dibble?
In case you haven’t noticed, we’re sometimes a sort of perfectionists. Usually perfectionism creates more work. But sometimes...
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.
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Margaret Roach
This month’s celebrity gardening judge, Margaret Roach, offers a personal gardening check list for the month.
VEGETABLE GARDEN
CONTINUE SOWING...
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...
Purple Peruvian Fingerling Potatoes being cut into "seeds."
Everybody calls us crazy for planting our potatoes as early as we do. Everybody except our...
Climbing towards the sun.
Many of our favorite vegetables in the Beekman Heirloom Vegetable Garden require some sort of trellising – tomatoes, beans, peas,...
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...
RECENT GARDEN GATE
Late fall and early winter have always been the saddest...
One of the greatest joys of growing your own food is...
The remaining flats from SUNY Cobleskill. Early...
FOOD & WINE
Since arriving at Beekman Farm, we’ve found...
Shortly after moving to Beekman Farm, we heard tell...
The Waiting Room Beekman 1802 is a seasonal farm which...
In the midst of a long winter it’s very tempting...
Mary Beekman is a four-year-old ghost who resides...
When Farmer John was recovering from his hip surgery,...
