5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (751+ words) Give nature a little breathing room, and what comes back may surprise you. That’s one of the lessons waiting along the trails at Skipper Horton Park in Greenport, where native plants have begun reclaiming ground after invasive species were removed,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (794+ words) Shovels, trowels, fertilizer and rakes are some of the equipment home gardeners use to coax their flowers and vegetables, but for a small number of North Fork gardeners, the tools are Q-tips, hair dryers, paintbrushes and electric toothbrushes. That’s because…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1068+ words) The first community garden on the North Fork has reached a significant milestone. The Hallockville Museum Farm Community Garden on Sound Avenue in Riverhead is in the midst of its 20th season of producing several tons of produce every summer, as…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (695+ words) What began as a practical way to disguise dozens of septic-system covers on the New Suffolk waterfront has — after six years of digging, planting and relentless battles with mugwort — grown into a flourishing meadow of native plants. On Sunday morning,…...