Farm Happenings at Zilnicki Farms
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Farm Happenings at Zilnicki Farms

Farm Happenings for June 15, 2021

Posted on June 11th, 2021
Middle of June is here!  The summertime heat and humidity finally broke and this weekend will be absolutely gorgeous!  This week will be the last week of our fresh local asparagus from Wells Farm.  I can not believe the time has come and gone.  Please take advantage of Long Isla1 read more »

Farm Happenings for June 8, 2021

Posted on June 4th, 2021
One of my favorite combinations of the year is here.  No not warm weather and shorts but that does come close, I'm talking about farm fresh strawberries and rhubarb or strawberries and lemon bread or shortcake.  You can not beat the flavor of fresh local strawberries.  The shelf life1 read more »

Farm Happenings for June 1, 2021

Posted on May 28th, 2021
Happy Memorial Day to you and yours!  Also, June is here!! I'm not sure how its June already but I'll take it.  I'd like to take responsibility for all this rain this weekend.  I've been preforming rain dances every night for the last 2 weeks, and well, they are paying off!  Yes1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 25, 2021

Posted on May 21st, 2021
Summer is here nice and early this year!  Yes this weather has been absolutely gorgeous, it has actually been too nice!  We are way below average in  rainfall levels for this time of year and with temps getting close to 90 this Sunday, young plants will be stressed to their max and f1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 18, 2021

Posted on May 14th, 2021
Happy middle of May!  Its a very busy time of year on the farm as we are busy planting and preparing grounds for future production.  This week we finished planting all our onions (yellows, whites, and reds), as well as some leeks.  This is one crop that looks good in the beginning of1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 11, 2021

Posted on May 7th, 2021
Happy Mother's Day to all the Mama's out there!  Without you mom's I don't know where we would be!  We hope you have a great weekend! You know what mom's like.. flowers! Stop on by our farmstand and pick up some flowers! We have a limited amount of our very own tulip bouquets for Mothers1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 4, 2021

Posted on April 30th, 2021
Yup May is here already! The days are long this time of year and they fly by!  It's my favorite time of year, seeing all the tulips, daffodils, and other flowering bushes and trees show off their bright colors.  We are almost done planting all our potatoes, about 15 more acres to go. 1 read more »

Farm Happenings for April 27, 2021

Posted on April 23rd, 2021
Another week is in the books!  We got 5 acres of red potatoes planted, as well as 5 acres of 'superiors', which are an early white potato.  As long as mother nature cooperates, and the old equipment, we should finish up later in the week.   We have had a few cold windy nights th1 read more »

Farm Happenings for April 20, 2021

Posted on April 16th, 2021
Another week is in the books!  We have plowed some more fields, and prepped ground that will be where we plant our delicious tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants.  We will be planting potatoes this coming week, which will keep us very busy.  Long Island used to have over 30,000 acres of1 read more »