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Inside the Springs School's Seedling Project's greenhouse leafy greens and herbs are almost ready for their winter harvest. ELIZABETH BRANCA

Inside the Springs School's Seedling Project's greenhouse leafy greens and herbs are almost ready for their winter harvest. ELIZABETH BRANCA

In raised garden beds, just outside the greenhouse, the Seedling project's crops will yield lettuce and various grains. ELIZABETH BRANCA

In raised garden beds, just outside the greenhouse, the Seedling project's crops will yield lettuce and various grains. ELIZABETH BRANCA

authorElizabeth Branca on Dec 14, 2010
On a gray day in December, the austere stretch of land on the south side of East Hampton High School doesn’t look like much, but to the school’s new principal,... more

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