Welcome to The Garden!

We got together on Saturday morning and late Sunday afternoon, which is our work party pattern. We ended Sunday evening with a delicious potluck.

Once crops are producing plentifully, we donate to organizations feeding community members in need. In addition to being a gleaning partner of Community Harvest of Central Vermont in our first season, we've donated to the free community lunches at the Unitarian Church...

We gardened, we ate, we enjoyed each other's company.  

For a while, we ate fresh greens. We tended other crop plants and thought about them as future food. Now the future is starting to arrive.

The major planting is in. The drop-hose watering system is in. A few projects remain, but the rush is over and we can get down to garden maintenance.

Maybe you've seen them at the farmers market and wondered, "What is that and what do I do with it?" For a brief time in late June, we relish the rare treat of garlic scapes. A scape is the flower bud of the garlic plant. Like garlic from the bulb, garlic scapes are...

The light looks like midday. But it's nearly 7 p.m. and the light lingered for hours more.

The sun shines on The Garden at 485 Elm a few minutes longer each day. The warmth propels seeds into germination, plants into flower, and gardeners into productivity.  

Six volunteers from the Vermont Youth Tomorrow AmeriCorps VISTA Program (VYT) worked hard in the garden this week. They completed three important projects and made headway on several others.

Nothing is ever "finished" in a garden. But the important work and the growing are well underway.