The Neighborhood Farm

A collection of market gardens in and around Needham, MA

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  Light rig
Light rig in my basement - all seedlings started here

   Rainbow Swiss Chard
Rainbow Swiss Chard finally looking good (late August)
  drying onions flat
Drying onions on a flat mesh screen
   hanging onionsDrying onions by hanging them from the skis overhead in the garage
  last round of seedlings in greenhouse
The last round of seedlings in the greenhouse
   Seedlings on hardening off structure 
Seedlings on the hardening off tables before planting
  Needham pick up site
Needham pick up site

   tomatoes over my head
The tomatoes are way over my head
  bean seedlings
Bean seedlings

   cabbages
Cabbage
  freshly dug potatoes
Potato bed after digging them up
   giant eggplant
Giant eggplant
  flowers in the garden
Flowers blooming in the vegetable garden

   nasturtium
Nasturtiums are edible flowers
  garden in early August
Garden in early August


   trays of salad seedlings
Trays of salad greens
  puppy patrolling for bunnies
Puppy patrolling for bunnies

   Ineffective bunny fencing
Bunny fencing that proved ineffective
  Farm stand at the Dedham Farmer's Market
Our stand at the Dedham Farmer's Market

   Farm stand at the Dedham Farmer's Market
Working at the farm stand
  Farm stand at the Dedham Farmer's Market
Examining our chalk board

   Farm stand at the Dedham Farmer's Market
Selling plants and produce at market
  Garden in Mid-June
Eggplant growing in black plastic

   Black plastic ready for peppers to be planted
Black plastic helps heat loving crops mature
  Garden Site in mid June
Garden growing quickly
 in mid-June

   Newly seeded garden bed in mid-May
Newly seeded herb
 garden
  Seedlings, started under lights in the basement
Seedlings sprouting
under lights


   garden site
New garden site in
early spring
  Salad greens in early June
Salad mix growing in
early June
   Tomato seedlings almost ready for transplanting
Tomato seedlings
ready for planting

  Beets and newly seeded lettuce
Beets and a newly
seeded lettuce bed		   Tomatoes in mid-June
Tomatoes about to
begin flowering
       



boxes of tomatoes
Boxes of tomatoes at market


hopkinton farm stand
Our stand at the Hopkinton Farmer's Market where we sell only tomatoes

tomatoes for sale
Tomatoes for sale at the Hopkinton Farmer's Market


tomato plants
The tomato plants don't look so good in late August - it wasn't a good year for tomatoes - too wet

greenhouse tomatoes
Some tomatoes are growing in our tiny greenhouse

basil in a planter
We transplanted some basil into a planter to avoid the beetles

garden bed
Some basil went into a beetle-free garden bed

enormous tomatoes
 7 feet high in early August

Gourds seeded into ground cloth
Gourds seeded into ground cloth


Same front yard garden a month later
Same front yard garden a month later


Vegetables growing in a front yard
Vegetables growing in a front yard garden

Greenhouse and flower garden
Flower garden and greenhouse

Seedlings in the greenhouse
Seedlings in the greenhouse

Scallions in early June
Scallions in the
garden


Young broccoli in the garden
Transplanted
broccoli seedlings