Farm Happenings at Zilnicki Farms
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Farm Happenings at Zilnicki Farms

Farm Happenings for October 5, 2021

Posted on October 1st, 2021
Welp it's October!  At least the temps and humidity lowered to make it feel like fall.  We love this time of the year, (big flannel people over here), but their is something special about the cool crisp air on a fall morning and the warmth of the sun in the afternoon.  Yes, fall does1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 28, 2021

Posted on September 24th, 2021
Hope you enjoyed this week and are excited for the last week of September!  Yup, time is flying! This week we have our seafood back on the menu and if you want to try a fish that fly's under many peoples radar and one that we highly like is Porgies.  It isn't the most popular fish but we1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 21, 2021

Posted on September 17th, 2021
Hope you had a great week!  We are starting to put cover crops on some parts of the farm that are done for the year.  The cover crop will serve many beneficial purposes from weed control, erosion control, nutrient building, green manure, and so much more.  Its our way of, pulling the1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 14, 2021

Posted on September 10th, 2021
Well, when you receive your box this week we will be almost at the halfway point of September!  Time is flying by!  This is always an emotional week for us New Yorkers as the anniversary of 9/11 comes around.  We all know where we were when we first heard about the attack and it will1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 7, 2021

Posted on September 3rd, 2021
Happy Labor Day weekend! Hope you get plenty of time to relax and enjoy with the company of loved ones.   We got lucky again with the remnants of Hurricane Ida this week.  Yes we got 3 inches of rain, and some corn got flattened, but not to far away they received way more rain and de1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 4, 2021

Posted on September 1st, 2021
We are doing an end of summer/ Labor Day Pop-Up Farmstand this Saturday 9/4.  Yes school might have started but Labor day is the official end of summer for some.  What better way to end summer then a box of fresh local produce, fruit, meat, lobsters, and so much more!  You know the b1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 4, 2021

Posted on September 1st, 2021
We are doing an end of summer/ Labor Day Pop-Up Farmstand this Saturday 9/4.  Yes school might have started but Labor day is the official end of summer for some.  What better way to end summer then a box of fresh local produce, fruit, meat, lobsters, and so much more!  You know the b1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 31, 2021

Posted on August 27th, 2021
August is coming to an end but not without on last week of hot sweltering heat.  Our farm, and most Long Island farms faired pretty well with the glancing blow of hurricane Henri last weekend.  We were extremely fortunate and know its just a matter of time before LI is lined up with a rea1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 24, 2021

Posted on August 20th, 2021
Well this weekend will get interesting.  Been saying it for years, that we have been over due for a hurricane direct hit.  Sunday may be that day and well, we don't need that.  Yes, we need rain, we don't need 50+ MPH winds, or salt burn.  We are running our CSA for Tuesday as s1 read more »