Welcome to The Garden!

We garden together every Tuesday evening, weather permitting. Here's what we did yesterday. Garlic is ready to harvest when lots of other crops are ready, too.  

We've been harvesting food for ourselves and for donation for over a month. Now early summer crops are giving way to the lush food that ripens mid-summer.

In The Garden at 485 Elm, everyone grows all crops together. Everyone picks from the same beds of greens, the same tomato plants, the same herb boxes. One of the most common questions about the garden is, "How do you divide the food shares?" There's plenty of food for...

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.