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County Grant Serves As Seed Money For Vegetable Garden At East Quogue School

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East Quogue Superintendent Robert Long, left, shakes hands with Kenneth Johnson, soil district technician with the Suffolk County Soil and Water Conservation District, who awarded him a $1,700 grant for a community garden at the school. COURTESY VANESSA PARSONS

East Quogue Superintendent Robert Long, left, shakes hands with Kenneth Johnson, soil district technician with the Suffolk County Soil and Water Conservation District, who awarded him a $1,700 grant for a community garden at the school. COURTESY VANESSA PARSONS

From left: Vanessa Parsons stands with her children William, 1, Emily, 6, and Clara, 3, where the garden would be built. AMANDA BERNOCCO

From left: Vanessa Parsons stands with her children William, 1, Emily, 6, and Clara, 3, where the garden would be built. AMANDA BERNOCCO

From left: Vanessa Parsons stands with her children William, 1, Clara, 3, and Emily, 6, where the garden would be built. AMANDA BERNOCCO

From left: Vanessa Parsons stands with her children William, 1, Clara, 3, and Emily, 6, where the garden would be built. AMANDA BERNOCCO

author on May 29, 2017
Vanessa Parsons is the first to admit that her thumbs are not the greenest, though that has never stopped her from toiling in the dirt with her three young children.Ms.... more

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