Gratitude: UVM TREKkies transform the garden!
Volunteers worked here in the garden all day. It was part of their three-day, peer-led orientation adventures for incoming first-year students at …
You *can* eat the daisies!
Our herb walk with herbalist Diana Baron fell on a gorgeous late spring evening and revealed a big food surprise: daisies! How …
Fresh-picked veggies in December
This was my first year gardening. Ever. Among other surprises, I did not know how far into Vermont’s cold season a garden …
Fall Equinox: Endings and beginnings
The fall equinox is upon us and, of course, the garden. We’re back in sweatshirts and things are changing fast. …
2nd Gleaning, Twice as Much
This is the second gleaning in The Garden at 485 Elm’s partnership with Community Harvest of Central Vermont. The first gleaning in …
Om-nom-nom
Pardon us for talking with our mouths full. That’s where things are at — bursting with ripeness and fresh flavor. We did …
Work Day!
In the garden, every day is work day. But when we convene as a group, we get a lot done together. And …
Gleaning — Feeding Those in Need While Improving the Garden
Now, this is partnership. Today Community Harvest of Central Vermont gleaned 40 pounds of food in less than two hours. They left …
Take that, deer!
We have deer fence, thanks to the City of Montpelier’s Parks Department’s generous support of local community gardens. …
Knee-high by the 4th of July
And then some. Jason and I planted the third section of corn. Jason staked out the rows and put in many seeds. The …