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Late spring is the perfect time to plant tomatoes in Westchester and Lower Connecticut. Watch Bruce Davison share simple tips for planting tomatoes deep, using cages, pruning lower leaves, and helping plants grow strong in raised-bed kitchen gardens.

Kitchen Gardens of Westchester now offers custom cedar tomato cage enclosures, designed and built to protect heirloom tomatoes and other prized vegetables when traditional fencing is not available—or when existing fencing is not enough.

How can you ensure all your seeds germinate successfully? Whether you’re starting seeds indoors or sowing directly in the garden, germination can feel unpredictable.

Deep winter can feel like a “pause” button—frozen ground, bare beds, and not much to do outside. But for a truly successful kitchen garden (especially in Westchester & Lower CT), winter is the best time to plan.

Starting seeds indoors isn’t complicated—but it does require consistency. Seeds sprout when temperature, moisture, and light match what that specific plant needs. Here are the seven basics I rely on for strong, even germination.