The Garden in Winter
The garden sleeps. We don’t.
Thanks to the Plants and the Planters
The Plants Now we turn toward the vast fields of Plant life. As far as the eye can see, the Plants grow, …
Sweet Dreams to the 2020 Garden
We’re still enjoying some garden greens and herbs, but we’ve done our last big harvests and created a cozy winter bed for …
Brussels Sprouts: The Last Big Garden Harvest
While there are still salad greens, kale, and herbs to harvest, and a few lovely daikon radishes in a box bed, this …
The Garden’s Ancient History
This essay by 485 Elm gardener and naturalist Ned Swanberg originally appeared is reprinted from the Bridge with the author’s permission. ESSAY: …
Garlic Planting Day
Gardeners plant hope. Every year, we planting garlic for harvesting the next season. Here’s how we turned garlic heads into seeds of …
Compost Happens
Eventually, everything that was once an animal, vegetable, or mineral will break down—it will all compost. Without help, that could take months, …
Squash Harvest
Temperatures are nearing freezing at night. Squash and cucumbers are very cold sensitive and will rot if exposed to frost. So we …
Flowers Are Garden Crops Too
The garden’s zinnias are at peak bloom and will continue until the cold. Gardeners can continue cutting and enjoying zinnias, snapdragons, flowers …