The Garden at 485 Elm
The Garden at 485 Elm is hosting a workshop in organic-gardening-compatible garden pest management on Wednesday, June 23. Learn more at the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont’s website. Then Register here. Garden like a farmer! Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is often thought of as an approach solely for farmers, …
This is the time of the season when we watch the garlic crop for scapes. Scapes are the flowers each growing garlic …
Maturity came early to French sorrel, chives, Good King Henry, and a few other perennial and self-seeding plants. Suddenly, the garden is …
A gardener here for several years is now a Friend of the Garden. Friends of the Garden join us for work parties …
A beautiful day beckoned gardeners for the first big garden work party of the season. We dug potato trenches (and found some …
Even with some frosty nights left, we start planting the moment we can work the soil.
Flower power as lovingly wielded by the flower team. They cleaned up the flower rows, planted some seed, and laid down burlap. …
We are here for it! Good day, sunshine.
In 2021, we planted catnip. We learned it had insect-repelling properties and held a catnip distilling workshop. A few months and feet …
