The Garden at 485 Elm
Gardeners plant hope. Every year, we planting garlic for harvesting the next season. Here’s how we turned garlic heads into seeds of the future. Garlic is the only garden seed grow for replanting. For other crops, saving seeds is not as simple. Gardeners are welcome to research and propose a …
Eventually, everything that was once an animal, vegetable, or mineral will break down—it will all compost. Without help, that could take months, …
Temperatures are nearing freezing at night. Squash and cucumbers are very cold sensitive and will rot if exposed to frost. So we …
The garden’s zinnias are at peak bloom and will continue until the cold. Gardeners can continue cutting and enjoying zinnias, snapdragons, flowers …
The garden donates food every season. This year, the donation program has been more important than ever.
The walkways between the squash beds have been weeded. Gardeners laid down cardboard and covered it with hay. That will suppress weeds …
Food waste costs everyone shocking amounts of money, seriously harms the environment, and—not for nothing—wastes food. Vermont’s new ban on food scraps …
