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 …
Gleaning and Feeding Friends & Neighbors
The garden donates food every season. This year, the donation program has been more important than ever.
Mulching Efficiently to Get Out of the Heat
The walkways between the squash beds have been weeded. Gardeners laid down cardboard and covered it with hay. That will suppress weeds …
This Is Us: Vermont’s New Composting Law
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 …