Garlic harvest day
Every fall, we plant garlic from seed. A garlic seed is one clove of garlic. We harvest the crop the following season …
The garden is flowers!
The garden is a DIY CSA for gardeners not just for food but for flowers. The Flower Power Team suggests gardeners bring …
Dealing with Garden Pests: We’re Hosting a Workshop
The Garden at 485 Elm is hosting a workshop in organic-gardening-compatible garden pest management on Wednesday, June 23. Learn more at the …
Garden task: Harvest and eat garlic scapes
This is the time of the season when we watch the garlic crop for scapes. Scapes are the flowers each growing garlic …
It’s food, beautiful food
Maturity came early to French sorrel, chives, Good King Henry, and a few other perennial and self-seeding plants. Suddenly, the garden is …
A Garden with Good Friends
A gardener here for several years is now a Friend of the Garden. Friends of the Garden join us for work parties …
It begins: First big work party of spring
A beautiful day beckoned gardeners for the first big garden work party of the season. We dug potato trenches (and found some …
Spring Planting Begins
Even with some frosty nights left, we start planting the moment we can work the soil.