Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.1.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # The Garden at 485 Elm People growing together: a collaborative community garden in Montpelier, Vermont ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://thegardenat485elm.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Gardeners Who Quick-Pickle Together . . .](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2026/09/07/gardeners-who-quick-pickle-together/) - [A New Gardener This Season Is Many Gardeners](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2026/09/01/a-new-gardener-this-season-is-many-gardeners/) - [The Power of Flowers at the Montpelier Area Senior Center](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2026/08/18/the-power-of-flowers-at-the-montpelier-area-senior-center/) - [Tick Talk: Scary Facts, Practical Prevention & Solutions](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2026/06/28/the-tick-talk-scary-facts-with-practical-prevention-solutions/) - [June 27 – Tick Talk: Protect Yourself from Tick-Borne Disease in Vermont](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2026/06/19/june-27-tick-talk-protect-yourself-from-tick-borne-disease-in-vermont/) - [Don't bug the potatoes. (But do debug them!)](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2026/06/17/dont-bug-the-potatoes-do-debug-them/) - [Seedlings in the Earth](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2026/06/10/seedlings-in-the-earth/) - [Flower Power Team Gathers Steam](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2026/06/01/flower-power-team-gathers-steam/) - [Happy Pride!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2026/05/30/garden-pride/) - [Gardeners Share: Why Join a Community Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2026/05/28/gardeners-share-why-join-a-community-garden/) - [Gardeners Do Laundry Too](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2026/04/29/gardeners-do-laundry-too/) - [Early Planting: A New Season Begins](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2026/04/03/early-garden-planting/) - [Biochar! Flame-Top-Kiln Demo & Use of Biochar in Biodegradable Socks, All in the Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2026/03/28/biochar-flame-top-kiln-demo-use-of-biochar-in-biodegradable-socks-all-in-the-garden/) - [Gardeners Rebuild Raised Beds](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2025/11/17/gardeners-rebuild-raised-beds/) - In the beginning, there was a lawn. In 2014, that lawn became a garden. The lawn was measured into a garden. Inside its perimeter, beds and walkways took shape. The first gardeners here were burning souls who trusted that their hands would transform this lawn into food, flowers, and medicinal herbs. They ripped out sod, In the beginning, there was a lawn. In 2014, that lawn became a garden. The lawn was measured into a garden. Inside its perimeter, beds and walkways took shape. The first gardeners here were burning souls who trusted that their hands would transform this lawn into food, flowers, and medicinal herbs. They ripped out sod, - [Safe, Successful Small-Scale Composting in a Pandemic](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/05/19/safe-successful-small-scale-composting-in-a-pandemic/) - [Planting Garlic, Seeding the Future](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2025/11/07/planting-garlic-seeding-the-future/) - [Mixing It Up with Master Composter Students](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2025/10/25/mixing-it-up-with-master-composter-students/) - [Edamame Harvest](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2025/09/11/edamame-harvest/) - [Eating Well from the Fall Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2025/10/21/eating-well-from-the-fall-garden/) - [Cover Crops: A Long-Term Success Story](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2025/10/20/cover-crops-a-long-term-success-story/) - [Winter Squash Harvest Before a Frost](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2025/10/20/winter-squash-harvest-before-a-frost/) - [Top-Notch Team on a Perfect Day](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2025/08/19/top-notch-team-on-a-perfect-day/) - [Harvesting Deliciousness: Potatoes and Onions](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2025/08/16/harvesting-deliciousness-potatoes-and-onions/) - [Feeding and Seeding with the Garlic Harvest](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2025/07/28/feeding-and-seeding-with-the-garlic-harvest/) - [Families Plant Edamame on Father's Day](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2025/06/15/fathers-plant-edamame-on-fathers-day/) - [The Many Steps of Potato Planting](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2025/05/30/the-many-steps-of-potato-planting/) - [A Quick Taste of a Delicious Crop](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2025/05/19/a-quick-taste-of-a-delicious-crop/) - [Plant Onions Early for Bigger Bounty Later](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2025/05/17/plant-onions-early-for-bigger-bounty-later/) - [Early Garden Doings and Growings](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2025/04/29/early-garden-doings-and-growings/) - [Spring into the Garden!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2025/04/15/spring-into-the-garden/) - [Happy New Year from the Never-Ending Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2024/12/30/happy-new-year-from-the-never-ending-garden/) - The garden is entirely snowed under. The snow and a thick layer of leaf mulch protect the growing beds beneath, preventing soil compaction and keeping the earth a bit warmer. You might think that means gardening is done for the season. If we're talking planting, watering, and weeding, then yes, it'll be a few months The garden is entirely snowed under. The snow and a thick layer of leaf mulch protect the growing beds beneath, preventing soil compaction and keeping the earth a bit warmer. You might think that means gardening is done for the season. If we're talking planting, watering, and weeding, then yes, it'll be a few months - [Prepping and Planting Next Season's Garlic](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2024/11/18/prepping-and-planting-next-seasons-garlic/) - [Cold-Weather Squash Scramble](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2024/10/09/cold-weather-squash-scramble/) - [Huge Flower Grab](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2024/10/05/the-flower-grab/) - [A Bouquet a Day Is the Beautiful Way](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2024/09/05/a-bouquet-a-day-is-the-beautiful-way/) - [Aromatic Garlic Harvest Day](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2024/08/07/aromatic-garlic-harvest-day/) - [Potato and Shallot Harvest](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2024/08/16/potato-and-shallot-harvest/) - [A Taste of the Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2024/08/07/a-taste-of-the-garden/) - [Garlic Scapes: A Delicious Garden Task](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2024/06/16/garlic-scapes-a-delicious-garden-task/) - [Visiting the UVM Leek Moth Study](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/07/24/visiting-the-uvm-leek-moth-study/) - [Sun + Rain = Food](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2024/06/08/sun-rain-food/) - [Memorial Day Weekend Garden Scramble](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2024/05/27/memorial-day-weekend-garden-scramble/) - Memorial Day weekend is a huge gardening time for Vermonters. We're no exception. The weekend began on Friday at Cate Farm, where these great folks grew the garden's seedlings for basil (Italian, cinnamon, lemon, and Thai), Sungold cherry tomatoes, chili peppers (poblanos and shishitos), cucumbers (Marketmore and lemon), dill, eggplants, and Italian parsley. We even Memorial Day weekend is a huge gardening time for Vermonters. We're no exception. The weekend began on Friday at Cate Farm, where these great folks grew the garden's seedlings for basil (Italian, cinnamon, lemon, and Thai), Sungold cherry tomatoes, chili peppers (poblanos and shishitos), cucumbers (Marketmore and lemon), dill, eggplants, and Italian parsley. We even - [Planting Potatoes in Trenches and Elsewhere](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2024/05/14/planting-potatoes-in-trenches-and-elsewhere/) - [First Garden Food of the Season](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2024/05/07/first-garden-food-of-the-season/) - [What's new in the garden includes history](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2024/04/29/whats-new-in-the-garden-includes-history/) - [A Flurry of Spring Planting](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2024/04/22/a-flurry-of-spring-planting/) - [A Sure Sign of Spring](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2024/04/02/a-sure-sign-of-spring/) - This haul of beautiful Vermont Compost is now covered and awaiting the first plantings of spring. This haul of beautiful Vermont Compost is now covered and awaiting the first plantings of spring. - [Goodnight, Sweet Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/12/04/goodnight-sweet-garden/) - [Planting Garlic in 2023 to Harvest in 2024](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/11/04/planting-garlic-in-2023-to-harvest-in-2024/) - [The Winter Squash Bed Becomes the Garlic Bed](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/10/15/the-winter-squash-bed-becomes-the-garlic-bed/) - [Harvesting, Processing, Cooking, and Eating Edamame](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/09/26/harvesting-processing-cooking-and-eating-edamame/) - [Potato Harvest Day](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/08/27/potato-harvest-day/) - [In Which College Students Transform the Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/08/19/in-which-college-students-transform-the-garden/) - Each garden season as the fall college semester approaches, students participating in the University of Vermont TREK program arrive at the garden. The Garden at 485 Elm is so lucky to be a destination for TREK service volunteers! Several 485 Elm gardeners joined the UVM team for three hours packed with garden fun. Team members Each garden season as the fall college semester approaches, students participating in the University of Vermont TREK program arrive at the garden. The Garden at 485 Elm is so lucky to be a destination for TREK service volunteers! Several 485 Elm gardeners joined the UVM team for three hours packed with garden fun. Team members - [Garlic to Seed and to Feed](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/08/16/garlic-to-seed-and-to-feed/) - [The Power of Flowers](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/07/31/the-power-of-flowers/) - [Onions Are Happier Than They Appear](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/07/26/onions-are-happier-than-they-appear/) - [The Thick of Harvest Season](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/07/22/the-thick-of-harvest-season/) - [After the Flood: Help Vermont's Farms and Growers](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/07/21/help-vermonts-farms-and-growers/) - [How to Thin a Carrot](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/07/05/how-to-thin-a-carrot/) - [Gleaning Herbs for Donation](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/06/29/gleaning-herbs-for-donation/) - [Celebrating Bugfest](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/07/01/celebrating-bugfest/) - [Delicious Garden Tasks](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/06/19/delicious-garden-tasks/) - [Last garden work party: brussels sprouts harvest](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/11/08/last-garden-work-party-brussels-sprouts-harvest/) - Autumn activity in the garden has been varied, busy, and delicious. Posts here have not kept up. Until we get to posting about garlic planting and other garden doings, please enjoy these images from the last garden work party of the season. It was brussels sprouts harvest day. Gardeners separated the delicious buds from the Autumn activity in the garden has been varied, busy, and delicious. Posts here have not kept up. Until we get to posting about garlic planting and other garden doings, please enjoy these images from the last garden work party of the season. It was brussels sprouts harvest day. Gardeners separated the delicious buds from the - [In Which the Garden Has a Chicken Visitation](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/04/19/in-which-the-garden-has-a-chicken-visitation/) - [Flower Power Prevails](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/04/25/flower-power-prevails/) - Gardening weather and soil thaw began early. Flower Power team got right out there to prep the beds for cutting flowers. A gardener who started these giant marigold seedlings indoors ensures enough planting space to allow them to bloom. Watering in the giant marigolds and a small patch of Gaillardia aristate (Blanket Seeds) & Gaillardia Gardening weather and soil thaw began early. Flower Power team got right out there to prep the beds for cutting flowers. A gardener who started these giant marigold seedlings indoors ensures enough planting space to allow them to bloom. Watering in the giant marigolds and a small patch of Gaillardia aristate (Blanket Seeds) & Gaillardia - [Adapting Plants and Chickens to the Season](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/04/29/adapting-plants-and-chickens-to-the-season/) - [Early May Garden Eats](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/05/07/early-may-garden-eats/) - [Planting Onion Seedlings](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/05/15/planting-onion-seedlings-2/) - The garden purchases allium seedlings to grow onions and shallots rather than growing them from seed here. Look at these beauties from Ananda Gardens. Planting onions is not difficult, but it takes many hands. First the chickens "turned" the beds. Then gardeners turned each row with shovels. On planting day, gardeners carefully placed nearly a The garden purchases allium seedlings to grow onions and shallots rather than growing them from seed here. Look at these beauties from Ananda Gardens. Planting onions is not difficult, but it takes many hands. First the chickens "turned" the beds. Then gardeners turned each row with shovels. On planting day, gardeners carefully placed nearly a - [Potato-Planting Day](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/05/20/potato-planting-day/) - [Horseradish, at Times](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/05/31/horseradish-at-times/) - [Undercover Gardening](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/06/13/undercover-gardening/) - [Planting Day: Basil, Cukes, Eggplants, Peppers](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/06/06/planting-day-basil-cukes-eggplants-peppers-2/) - [It Begins](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2023/04/11/it-begins/) - [Garden Cleanup](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/10/23/garden-cleanup-2/) - [Edamame, Year Two](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/10/10/edamame-year-two/) - [Winter Squash Harvest](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/09/20/winter-squash-harvest/) - [A Taste of What We're Enjoying in Late Peak Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/09/10/a-taste-of-what-were-enjoying-in-late-peak-garden/) - [Harvesting Edamame—Except for the Seed Plants](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/09/03/the-edamame-is-in-except-for-the-seed-plants/) - [University of Vermont TREK Team: Gratitude All Around](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/08/24/university-of-vermont-trek-team-gratitude-all-around/) - [The Potato and Onion Harvests Are In](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/08/18/the-potato-and-onion-harvests-are-in/) - [Garlic harvest day](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/07/31/garlic-harvest-day/) - [The Garden of Eating](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/07/23/the-garden-of-eating/) - [The garden is flowers!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/07/10/the-garden-is-flowers/) - [Afternoon among the Herbs](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/09/07/afternoon-among-the-herbs/) - [Dealing with Garden Pests: We're Hosting a Workshop](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/06/18/dealing-with-pests-were-hosting-a-workshop/) - [Garden task: Harvest and eat garlic scapes](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/06/17/garden-task-harvest-and-eat-garlic-scapes/) - [Garlic scapes](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/06/24/garlic-scapes/) - [It's food, beautiful food](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/06/16/its-food-beautiful-food/) - [A Garden with Good Friends](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/05/29/a-good-garden-with-good-friends/) - [Planting Potatoes](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/05/08/planting-potatoes/) - [It begins: First big work party of spring](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/05/01/it-begins-first-big-work-party-of-spring/) - [Spring Planting Begins](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/04/27/spring-planting-begins/) - Even with some frosty nights left, we start planting the moment we can work the soil.Even with some frosty nights left, we start planting the moment we can work the soil. - [First Work Party of the Season](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/04/11/first-work-party-of-the-season/) - [Signs of Spring](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/04/06/signs-of-spring/) - [Early March Catnip Interlude](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/03/07/early-march-catnip-interlude/) - [2021 Boutique Crop: Seed Pumpkins](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2022/01/10/2021-boutique-crop-seed-pumpkins/) - [Joy and light to the world](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/12/23/joy-and-light-to-the-world/) - [A Grateful Look Back: Garden Catnip Distilling Workshop](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/11/25/a-grateful-look-back-garden-catnip-distilling-workshop/) - [Putting the Garden to Bed](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/11/21/putting-the-garden-to-bed-2/) - [Next Season's Garlic Is Planted](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/11/13/next-seasons-garlic-is-planted/) - [The Ginger Harvest Is In](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/10/18/the-ginger-harvest-is-in/) - [The Garden Remains Awake, Alive, & Productive](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/10/12/the-garden-remains-awake-alive-productive/) - [Lusciously Beautiful Winter Squash Harvest](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/09/29/lusciously-beautiful-winter-squash-harvest/) - [Peak Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/08/28/peak-garden/) - [Join Us This Friday for a Garden Tour](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/08/10/join-us-this-friday-for-a-garden-tour/) - [Sumptuous Garlic & Onion Harvest](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/08/02/sumptuous-garlic-onion-harvest/) - [Bursting with Herbs](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/07/25/bursting-with-herbs/) - [So Much Green for 4th of July](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/07/04/so-much-green-for-4th-of-july/) - [It's Food](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/07/01/its-food/) - [Digging Flowers to Grow More Flowers](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/06/05/digging-flowers-for-more-flowers/) - [All Planted Out](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/05/31/all-planted-out/) - [A Great Start with Great Starts](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/05/28/a-great-start-with-great-starts/) - [Planting Trees](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/05/26/planting-trees/) - [Planting Potatoes, Planting Trees](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/05/15/planting-potatoes-planting-trees/) - With 16 percent humidity and a few clouds overhead, it was a perfect day to spend hours in the garden. The weather's beautiful to be out in, but it's very dry for all the crops. Watering daily has commenced. Caitlin is an enthusiastic waterer, all-around gardener, and gleaning & donations team captain. A very specialWith 16 percent humidity and a few clouds overhead, it was a perfect day to spend hours in the garden. The weather's beautiful to be out in, but it's very dry for all the crops. Watering daily has commenced. Caitlin is an enthusiastic waterer, all-around gardener, and gleaning & donations team captain. A very special - [Planting Alliums: Onions & Shallots](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/05/09/planting-alliums-onions-shallots/) - [A Perfect Day in May](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/05/02/a-perfect-day-in-may/) - [Transplanting Edible Perennials](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/04/18/transplanting-edible-perennials/) - [Spring Planting Is Here](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/04/10/spring-planting-is-here/) - [Glimpses of Spring in the Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/03/27/glimpses-of-spring-in-the-garden/) - [Our Mothership: the Vermont Community Garden Network](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/02/17/our-mothership-the-vermont-community-garden-network/) - [The Garden in Winter](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2021/01/18/the-garden-in-winter/) - [Beyond the garden fence: Pollinators](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/06/03/beyond-the-garden-fence-pollinators/) - [Thanks to the Plants and the Planters](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/11/27/to-the-plants-with-gratitude/) - [Sweet Dreams to the 2020 Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/11/17/sweet-dreams-to-the-2020-garden/) - [Brussels Sprouts: The Last Big Garden Harvest](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/11/16/brussels-sprouts-the-last-big-garden-harvest/) - [The Garden's Ancient History](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/10/20/the-gardens-ancient-history/) - [Garlic Planting Day](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/10/19/garlic-planting-day/) - [Compost Happens](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/10/01/compost-happens/) - [A Frost-Ready Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/09/18/a-frost-ready-garden/) - [Squash Harvest](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/09/16/squash-harvest/) - [Flowers Are Garden Crops Too](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/09/02/flowers-are-garden-crops-too/) - [Gleaning and Feeding Friends & Neighbors](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/08/27/gleaning-and-feeding-friends-neighbors/) - [Garlic Harvest](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/08/08/garlic-harvest-3/) - [Gardening Together for Ourselves and Our Neighbors](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/08/02/gardening-together-for-ourselves-and-our-neighbors/) - [Our Frenemies in the Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/06/09/our-frenemies-in-the-garden/) - [Mulching Efficiently to Get Out of the Heat](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/07/25/mulching-efficiently-to-get-out-of-the-heat/) - [This Is Us: Vermont's New Composting Law](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/07/21/this-is-us-vermonts-new-composting-law/) - [Summer Squash: It Begins](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/07/16/summer-squash-it-begins/) - [Thank you, Front Porch Forum](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/10/11/thank-you-front-porch-forum/) - [It's Harvest O'Clock!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/07/03/its-harvest-oclock/) - [Life Happens](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/06/29/life-happens/) - [Warming Up for Warm-Weather Crops](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/06/09/warming-up-for-warm-weather-crops/) - [How Crops Get Here: Rhubarb](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/05/30/how-crops-get-here-rhubarb/) - [A Day in May on Planet Vermont](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/05/09/a-day-in-may-on-planet-vermont/) - [Giving Food on Giving Tuesday](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/05/07/giving-food-on-giving-tuesday/) - [Planting Days Are Here Again](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/04/28/planting-days-are-here-again/) - [Time to Conduct a Potato Experiment](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/04/24/time-to-conduct-a-potato-experiment/) - [Safe Community Gardening in the Time of COVID-19](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/04/15/safe-community-gardening-in-the-time-of-covid-19/) - [Safe Gardening Has Begun](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/04/07/safe-gardening-has-begun/) - ["To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow."](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/03/21/to-plant-a-garden-is-to-believe-in-tomorrow/) - [Garage Garden Work Party](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2020/03/01/garage-garden-work-party/) - [The winter garden arrived this morning.](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/11/08/the-winter-garden-arrived-this-morning/) - [Our 2020 Garlic Crop Is Planted](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/11/05/garlic-for-2020-is-planted/) - [Community Garden Seeks Food Scraps & a Compost Team](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/11/03/garden-iso-food-scraps-a-compost-team/) - [Fall Gardening for Real](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/10/29/fall-gardening-for-real/) - [First Frost Changes Everything](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/10/05/first-frost-changes-everything/) - [Healthy Garden Boundaries](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/10/06/healthy-garden-boundaries/) - [Volunteers Help Make This Garden Grow](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/09/28/volunteers-help-make-this-garden-grow/) - [Floral Interlude](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/09/21/floral-interlude/) - [Discoveries beyond the Garden Fence](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/08/29/discoveries-beyond-the-garden-fence/) - [Gratitude: UVM TREKkies transform the garden!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/08/21/gratitude-trekkies-transform-the-garden/) - [Happy Garden Day to You!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/07/31/happy-garden-day-to-you/) - [Zinnias, cosmos, and daisies](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/07/28/zinnias-cosmos-and-daisies/) - [Hello, summer garden!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/07/09/hello-summer-garden/) - [The Garden Bounty Is Here](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/07/24/the-garden-bounty-is-here/) - [Join us for a planting-bed-prep workshop!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/07/06/join-us-for-a-planting-bed-prep-workshop/) - [Food is love. And we love our community.](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/07/17/food-is-love-and-we-love-our-community/) - [Season of Abundance](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/07/15/season-of-abundance/) - [Soup's On!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/06/28/soups-on/) - [You *can* eat the daisies!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/06/09/you-can-eat-the-daisies/) - [485 Elm Gardeners Protect Honeybees](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/06/04/485-elm-gardeners-protect-honeybees/) - [Compostville 3.0 is underway!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/06/01/compostville-3-0-is-underway/) - [Early garden food](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/05/20/early-garden-food/) - [First Major Planting Complete](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/05/28/first-major-planting-complete/) - [Planting Lots, Eating Well](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/06/25/still-planting/) - [Sunday in the Dirt](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/04/29/sunday-in-the-dirt/) - [Spring Reveal](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/04/13/spring-reveal/) - [Winter Gardening Dreams](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2019/02/13/winter-gardening-dreams/) - [Compostville 3.0](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/11/11/compostville-3-0/) - [Planting Garlic](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/10/27/planting-garlic/) - [Growing to Give](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/10/05/growing-to-give/) - [Discoveries Along the River](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/09/16/discoveries-along-the-river/) - [[Updated] We Rose for Climate on the State House Lawn](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/09/01/sept-8-see-you-on-the-state-house-lawn/) - [Beautifying the Garden's Public Face](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/09/10/beautifying-the-gardens-public-face/) - [Join Us for a River Discovery Walk](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/09/07/join-us-for-a-river-discovery-walk-2/) - [With a Little Help from Our Friends at AmeriCorps](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/06/09/with-a-little-help-from-our-friends-at-americorps/) - [The Garden Turns September](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/09/03/the-garden-turns-september/) - [Planting, Tending, Harvesting, Putting to Bed](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/08/24/planting-maintaining-putting-to-bed/) - [A Visit from Budding Gardeners](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/08/17/a-visit-from-budding-gardeners/) - [Crouching Gardener, Hidden Veggies](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/08/07/crouching-gardener-hidden-veggies/) - [How Garden Tasks Become Food](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/08/07/how-garden-tasks-become-food/) - [Garlic Harvest](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/08/05/garlic-harvest-2/) - [Turning Over a New Leaf: Squash Bugs](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/08/04/turning-over-a-new-leaf-squash-bugs/) - [Between the Garden and the River](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/07/26/between-the-garden-and-the-river/) - [River Corridor Protection](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/05/21/river-corridor-protection/) - [Garden Giving: Feeding the Community](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/07/23/garden-giving-feeding-the-community/) - [Introducing Flowers for Cutting](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/07/21/introducing-flowers-for-cutting/) - [Mulching for Plant & Gardener Health](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/07/20/mulching-for-plant-gardener-health/) - [Weeds We Don't Weed Out](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/07/15/weeds-we-dont-weed-out/) - [How to Harvest Basil](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/07/14/how-to-harvest-basil/) - [It's Garden Pesto Time](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/07/01/its-garden-pesto-time/) - [Free Herb Walk on Independence Day Morning](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/06/27/free-herb-walk-on-independence-day-morning/) - [Gardening at the Solstice](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/06/21/gardening-at-the-solstice-2/) - [Heat Gets Crops Popping](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/06/19/heat-gets-crops-popping/) - [First Food Donation of the Season](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/06/11/first-food-donation-of-the-season/) - [We Plant the Season's First Seedlings](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/06/05/we-plant-the-seasons-first-seedlings/) - [Planting and Growing Increase with the Temperatures](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/06/02/planting-and-growing-accelerate/) - [Early Planting Accomplished](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/05/21/early-planting-accomplished/) - [Planting Onion Seedlings](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/05/15/planting-onion-seedlings/) - [Early Herb Walk](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/05/01/early-herb-walk/) - ["Water the earth, not the air"](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/05/11/water-the-earth-not-the-air/) - [Special Deliveries](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/05/09/special-deliveries/) - [Prepping and Planting: A Garden Takes Shape](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/05/07/prepping-and-planting-a-garden-takes-shape/) - [Day In The Dirt!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/04/29/day-in-the-dirt/) - [Changes Coming in Compostville](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/10/31/changes-coming-in-compostville/) - [Winter gardening for real](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2018/01/11/winter-gardening-for-real/) - [Tucking the Garden in for Winter](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/12/04/tucking-the-garden-in-for-winter/) - [Planting Tomorrow's Garlic](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/11/16/planting-tomorrows-garlic/) - [Compostville with Master Composters](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/11/14/compostville-with-master-composters/) - [Brussels sprouts from good to great](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/11/06/brussels-sprouts-from-good-to-great/) - [Fresh food at the end of October](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/10/29/fresh-food-at-the-end-of-october/) - [Gardening in sweatshirts again](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/10/18/gardening-in-sweatshirts-again/) - [Past peak, but still growing](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/10/15/past-peak-but-still-growing/) - [The garden continues apace in October](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/10/02/the-garden-continues-apace-in-october/) - [Tomatillos, okra, and the promise of Brussels sprouts](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/09/30/tomatillos-okra-and-the-promise-of-brussels-sprouts/) - [This workshop is full! Free Backyard Composting Workshop](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/09/21/backyard-composting-workshop-sept-30/) - [We're "Wild for Pollinators"](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/09/24/were-wild-for-pollinators/) - [Scenes from September Gardening](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/09/18/scenes-from-september-gardening/) - [Bye-Bye Peas, Hello Squash](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/08/27/bye-bye-peas-hello-squash/) - [Garlic Harvest](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/08/09/garlic-harvest/) - [The Changing of the Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/08/07/the-changing-of-the-garden/) - [How We Communicate: "Now Harvesting"](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/07/31/how-we-communicate-now-harvesting/) - [Midsummer Days Gardening](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/07/10/midsummer-days-of-gardening/) - [Donations: Feeding the Community](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/07/06/donations-feeding-the-community/) - [Interdependence on Independence Day](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/07/05/interdependence-on-independence-day/) - [More food ripening](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/07/04/more-food-ripening/) - [Very Green: Early Summer in the Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/06/28/a-breather-early-summer-in-the-garden/) - [Gardening at the Solstice](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/06/22/gardening-at-the-solstice/) - [The light at the end of first big garden push](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/06/19/the-light-at-the-end-of-first-big-garden-push/) - [Volunteers Make Our garden Grow](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/06/16/volunteers-make-our-garden-grow/) - [Scenes from a Growing Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/06/14/scenes-from-a-growing-garden/) - ["Now Harvesting"](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/06/11/now-harvesting/) - [Building and Planting: The Home Stretch](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/06/11/building-and-planting-the-home-stretch/) - [Planting Week](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/06/01/planting-week/) - [Tomatoes are planted, fed, tied, and trimmed.](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/05/31/tomatoes-are-planted-fed-tied-and-trimmed/) - [Tomato planting time](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/05/26/tomato-planting-time/) - [More planting](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/05/18/more-planting/) - [Planting Commences](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/05/16/planting-commences/) - [1st Work Party: Parsnip Harvest and More](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/04/29/1st-work-party-parsnip-harvest-and-more/) - [Spring Harvest: Jerusalem Artichokes](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/05/15/spring-harvest-jerusalem-artichokes/) - [Spring food in the garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/05/05/spring-food-in-the-garden/) - [Planting Peas, Greens, and Brassica](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/05/01/planting-peas-greens-and-brassica/) - [Early days in the garden season](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/04/22/early-days-in-the-garden-season/) - [Pre-Work Party gardening with the Garden Teams](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/04/24/pre-work-party-gardening-with-the-garden-teams/) - [Our Garden's Compostville in UVM Ext. Master Gardener News](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2017/01/05/our-gardens-compostville-in-uvm-ext-master-gardener-news/) - [The garden all snug in its bed -- asleep, but never dead](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/12/18/the-garden-all-snug-in-its-bed-asleep-but-not-dead/) - [Fall Garden Cleanup](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/11/07/fall-garden-cleanup/) - [Mid-October Work Party Transforms Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/10/17/mid-october-work-party-transforms-garden/) - [Community Tai Chi at the Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/09/27/community-tai-chi-at-the-garden/) - [River Discovery Walk Discoveries](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/09/21/river-discovery-walk-discoveries/) - [Feeding the community](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/09/01/feeding-the-community/) - [Fall Water Fest fills September](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/08/31/fall-water-fest-started-sept-1/) - [Join us for a River Discovery Walk](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/08/23/join-us-for-a-river-discovery-walk/) - [A big-deal work party](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/08/28/a-big-deal-work-party/) - [Video: Compostville Has Moved](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/08/28/video-compostville-has-moved/) - [Volunteers in the garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/08/21/volunteers-in-the-garden/) - [Herb Walk at The Garden at 485 Elm](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/07/30/take-an-herb-walk-at-the-garden-at-485-elm/) - [Media moments in the garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/07/28/media-moments-in-the-garden/) - [Franken-Peas Found Here](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/07/18/franken-peas-found-here/) - [Bee balm salad](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/07/10/bee-balm-salad/) - [Video: Moving From Scarcity to Abundance](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/06/29/video-moving-from-scarcity-to-abundance/) - [Living with the River](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/06/22/living-with-the-river/) - [People transform a garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/06/14/people-transform-a-garden/) - [Shiitake mushrooms](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/06/07/shiitake-mushrooms/) - [Epic Memorial Day Workdays](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/05/31/epic-memorial-day-workdays/) - [June 21 Garden Event: Living with the North Branch](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/05/25/june-21-garden-event-living-with-the-north-branch/) - [Planting alliums, a/k/a onions](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/05/22/planting-alliums-aka-onions/) - [Prepping beds, planting corn](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/05/08/prepping-beds-planting-corn/) - [Compost workdays](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/05/01/compost-workday/) - [Indoor interlude](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/04/29/indoor-interlude/) - [Planting peas and parsnips](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/04/16/planting-peas-and-parsnips/) - [First workday of 2016: Garlic](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/04/09/first-workday-of-2016-garlic/) - [Spring's beginnings](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/03/31/springs-beginnings/) - [The 2016 season garden begins](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/03/09/the-2016-season-garden-begins/) - ["Community Gardens will save our planet"](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/02/03/community-gardens-will-save-our-planet/) - [People growing together](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2016/01/29/people-growing-together/) - [Mid-December gardening in Vermont](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/12/14/mid-december-gardening-in-vermont/) - [Pansies in November](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/11/05/pansies-in-november/) - [Balcony view of the garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/10/25/balcony-view-of-the-garden/) - [Garden Cleanup](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/10/18/garden-cleanup/) - [Oct. workdays: Compost & so much more](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/10/06/oct-workdays-compost-so-much-more/) - [What we're doing & eating](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/09/24/what-were-doing-eating/) - [Central Vermont organization gleaning to feed those in need](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/09/08/central-vermont-organization-gleaning-to-feed-those-in-need/) - [Finishing tomatoes indoors](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/09/05/finishing-tomatoes-indoors/) - [Water, water, everywhere. Please.](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/08/30/water-water-everywhere-please/) - [Beautiful](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/08/25/beautiful/) - [Work happens](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/08/23/work-happens/) - [Harvesting Now](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/08/21/harvesting-now/) - [Just about ready and coming soon](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/08/21/just-about-ready-and-coming-soon/) - [Garden Workday: July 24, 2015](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/07/26/garden-workday-july-24-2015/) - [Join us in the herb garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/07/20/join-us-in-the-herb-garden/) - [Coming soon and ready now](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/07/22/coming-soon-and-ready-now/) - [Garden Yoga - Thursday, July 16 & July 23 (5:30-6:30 p.m.)](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/07/05/garden-yoga-thursday-july-16-july-23-530-630-p-m/) - [We've picked the last garlic scape](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/06/26/weve-picked-the-last-garlic-scapes/) - [Putting the garden to bed](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/11/11/putting-the-garden-to-bed/) - [Fresh-picked veggies in December](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/12/02/fresh-picked-veggies-in-december/) - [From the internet to the dinner table](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/12/19/from-the-internet-to-the-dinner-table/) - [Happy New Year & Happy Garden 2015!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/12/31/happy-new-year-garden-2015/) - [Tell your food story Feb. 15 at the Winter NOFA VT Conference](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/01/13/tell-your-food-story-feb-15-at-nofa-conference/) - [We Heart High Mowing Seeds](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/01/15/we-heart-high-mowing-seeds/) - [Attend the Grow It! workshop -- many locations & dates](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/03/23/attend-the-grow-it-workshop-many-locations-dates/) - [Let gardening season begin!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/03/28/let-gardening-season-begin/) - [How raised beds happen](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/04/22/how-raised-beds-happen/) - [Garden workday mid-thaw](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/04/25/garden-workday-mid-thaw/) - [Garden workday flow](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/04/25/garden-workday-flow/) - [Interlude: Invasives eradication](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/05/06/interlude-invasives-eradication/) - [View from within the garden: Good question](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/05/26/view-from-within-the-garden-good-question/) - [June 20, 5 pm: Join us for a talk on gleaning](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/05/29/june-20-join-us-for-a-talk-on-gleaning/) - [Eating food right now](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/05/31/eating-food-right-now/) - [Join us for gentle yoga in the garden.](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/06/10/join-us-for-gentle-yoga-in-the-garden/) - [Planting and eating](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/06/11/planting-and-eating/) - [The garden is chugging along](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/06/16/the-garden-is-chugging-along/) - [Talking Gleaning in the Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2015/06/24/talking-gleaning-in-the-garden/) - [Shout-Outs While The Plants Drink Deeply](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/06/12/shout-outs-while-the-plants-drink-deeply/) - [Super Sunday](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/06/16/super-sunday/) - [Ancient Sage](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/07/06/ancient-sage/) - [Knee-high by the 4th of July ](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/07/11/knee-high-by-the-4th-of-july/) - [Take that, deer!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/07/15/take-that-deer/) - [Community Garden Herb Walk on Saturday (7/26)](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/07/22/community-garden-herb-walk-on-saturday-726/) - [How was that herb walk?](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/07/28/how-was-that-herb-walk/) - [Gleaning -- Feeding Those in Need While Improving the Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/07/29/gleaning-feeding-those-in-need-while-improving-the-garden/) - [Young Hacks Academy: Thinking Outside the Garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/08/05/young-hacks-academy-thinking-outside-the-garden/) - [Work Day!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/08/10/work-day/) - [Om-nom-nom](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/08/18/om-nom-nom/) - [Thinking Outside the Garden: Riverfront Protection & Invasives Management](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/09/02/thinking-outside-the-garden-riverfront-protection-invasives-management/) - ["What do I do with giant zucchini?"](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/09/05/what-do-i-do-with-giant-zucchini/) - [2nd Gleaning, Twice as Much](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/08/21/2nd-gleaning-twice-as-much/) - [Fall Equinox: Endings and beginnings](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/09/23/fall-equinox-endings-and-beginnings/) - [Fall in the garden ](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/09/30/fall-in-the-garden/) - [Have you seen Spruce the cat?](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/10/18/have-you-seen-spruce-the-cat/) - [Late fall garden work day](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/10/27/late-fall-garden-work-day/) - [Hello, Earth!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/04/10/hello-world/) - [From Starts to Snacks: The Garden Begins](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/05/11/from-starts-to-snacks-the-garden-begins/) - [Wish List](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/05/12/wish-list/) - [Final Tilling Before Planting!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/05/21/final-tilling-before-planting/) - [Rows are hoed; planting begins ](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/05/24/rows-are-hoed-planting-begins/) - [Food! Well, seeds and seedlings ](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/05/26/food-well-seeds-and-seedlings/) - [Potatoes, pallets, and a pup](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/05/29/potatoes-pallets-and-a-pup/) - [Chris Is The Tillerman](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/05/30/chris-is-the-tillerman/) - [Tomatoes!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/05/30/tomatoes/) - [Soil Amendments and Brassica](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/06/01/soil-amendments-and-brassica/) - [Three shifts of gardeners ](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/06/03/three-shifts-of-gardeners/) - [Watering in the Rain](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/06/05/watering-in-the-rain/) - [In which we need a lot of rain -- and get a little](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/2014/06/09/in-which-we-need-a-lot-of-rain-and-get-a-little/) ## Pages - [Welcome to The Garden!](https://thegardenat485elm.org/) - [Community Garden Partners](https://thegardenat485elm.org/our-supporters-partners/) - [About Us](https://thegardenat485elm.org/about-us/) - [Contact Us](https://thegardenat485elm.org/contact-us/) - [Donate](https://thegardenat485elm.org/donate/) - [Get Involved](https://thegardenat485elm.org/get-involved/) - [Contact Us](https://thegardenat485elm.org/contact-us-2/) - [Videos: Garden Well Pump & Watering Training](https://thegardenat485elm.org/videos-garden-well-pump-watering-training/) - [Garden To-Dos](https://thegardenat485elm.org/garden-to-dos/) - [Wish List](https://thegardenat485elm.org/wish-list/) ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/uncategorized/) - [garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/garden/) - [Community garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/community-garden/) - [Local food](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/local-food/) - [horticulture](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/horticulture/) - [sustainability](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/sustainability/) - [cooperation](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/cooperation/) - [Tilling](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/tilling/) - [Planting](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/planting/) - [Peas](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/peas/) - [Staking rows](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/staking-rows/) - [Raised beds](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/raised-beds/) - [Community](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/community/) - [Donations](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/donations/) - [Generosity](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/generosity/) - [Sharing](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/sharing/) - [Herbs](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/herbs/) - [Sage](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/sage/) - [Replanting](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/replanting/) - [Food shelf](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/food-shelf/) - [Food pantry](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/food-pantry/) - [Gleaning](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/gleaning/) - [Gleaners](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/gleaners/) - [Glean](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/glean/) - [Education](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/education/) - [Children](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/children/) - [Tweens](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/tweens/) - [Young Hacks Academy](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/young-hacks-academy/) - [Herb tea](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/herb-tea/) - [Team work](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/team-work/) - [Eating](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/eating/) - [Harvest](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/harvest/) - [invasive](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/invasive/) - [invasives](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/invasives/) - [workshop](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/workshop/) - [riparian](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/riparian/) - [river](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/river/) - [Winooski River](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/winooski-river/) - [North Branch](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/north-branch/) - [Nature Conservancy](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/nature-conservancy/) - [Friends of the Winooski River](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/friends-of-the-winooski-river/) - [US Fish & Wildlife](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/us-fish-wildlife/) - [riverside](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/riverside/) - [buffer](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/buffer/) - [Fall](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/fall/) - [Autumn](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/autumn/) - [perennials](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/perennials/) - [Workday](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/workday/) - [Winter](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/winter/) - [Snow](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/snow/) - [Late season gardening](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/late-season-gardening/) - [University of Vermont](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/university-of-vermont/) - [flowers](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/flowers/) - [COVID-19](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/covid-19/) - [coronavirus](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/coronavirus/) - [Health and safety](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/health-and-safety/) - [Spring](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/spring/) - [chickens](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/chickens/) - [mulch](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/mulch/) - [bed prep](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/bed-prep/) - [alliums](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/alliums/) - [onions](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/onions/) - [seedlings](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/seedlings/) - [greens](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/greens/) - [garkuc](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/garkuc/) - [compost](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/compost/) - [preserving](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/preserving/) - [squash](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/squash/) - [winter squash](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/winter-squash/) - [garlic](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/garlic/) - [USDA](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/usda/) - [NRCS](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/nrcs/) - [asparagus](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/asparagus/) - [edamame](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/edamame/) - [potatoes](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/potatoes/) - [biochar](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/biochar/) - [compost socks](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/compost-socks/) - [renewables](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/renewables/) - [biomass](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/biomass/) - [woody biomass](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/woody-biomass/) - [collaboration](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/collaboration/) - [soil health](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/soil-health/) - [biodegradable](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/biodegradable/) - [biochar kiln](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/biochar-kiln/) - [inoculation](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/inoculation/) - [row cover](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/row-cover/) - [garden fabric](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/garden-fabric/) - [garden laundry](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/garden-laundry/) - [work party](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/work-party/) - [tomatillos](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/tomatillos/) - [chili peppers](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/chili-peppers/) - [cherry tomatoes](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/cherry-tomatoes/) - [IPM](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/ipm/) - [Integrated Pest Management](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/integrated-pest-management/) - [potato beetles](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/integrated-pest-management/potato-beetles/) - [pests](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/pests/) - [garden pests](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/garden-pests/) - [Vermont Department of Health](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/vermont-department-of-health/) - [ticks](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/ticks/) - [tick-borne disease](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/tick-borne-disease/) - [Public Health](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/public-health/) - [pickling](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/pickling/) - [quick pickles](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/category/quick-pickles/) ## Tags - [potatoes](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/potatoes/) - [Watering](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/watering/) - [Tomatoes](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/tomatoes/) - [brassica](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/brassica/) - [Brussels sprouts](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/brussels-sprouts/) - [Husky dog](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/husky-dog/) - [Soil amendments](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/soil-amendments/) - [corn](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/corn/) - [Fencing](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/fencing/) - [Deer](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/deer/) - [medicinal herbs](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/medicinal-herbs/) - [Herb walk](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/herb-walk/) - [Harvesting](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/harvesting/) - [Spilanthes](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/spilanthes/) - [Echinacea](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/echinacea/) - [Bee balm](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/bee-balm/) - [Lemongrass](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/lemongrass/) - [Tincture](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/tincture/) - [Herbalist](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/herbalist/) - [garlic](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/garlic/) - [seeds](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/seeds/) - [harvest](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/harvest/) - [planting](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/planting/) - [gardening](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/gardening/) - [community garden](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/community-garden/) - [Seed saving](https://thegardenat485elm.org/blog/tag/seed-saving/)