Onions Are Happier Than They Appear
Onions are one of the most reliable crops at the Garden at 485 Elm. When we get them in early enough, they grow into gorgeous bulbs that we harvest all at once and divide among gardeners here. Gardeners enjoy red, white, and yellow onions and shallots. This season,...
What else is growing at the garden?
Shiitake mushrooms
New to The Garden at 485 Elm: shiitake mushrooms.
Beyond the garden fence: Pollinators
The Garden at 485 Elm intentionally attracts pollinators like bees. It's good for our crops that require pollination, but it's also critical for bees. Hannah Morris, garden co-coordinator at The Garden at 485 Elm, is an intern in the University of Vermont Extension...
Epic Memorial Day Workdays
It was hot. And the garden rocked. I was pleasantly surprised that when you come to workdays, you sometimes get to decide what gets planted." ~ Emma, in her first year as a Garden at 485 Elm gardener
June 21 Garden Event: Living with the North Branch
How do people and eagles experience the river? What else lives in our neighborhood? Can we swim in the river? Can the trout breathe? Let’s walk with naturalist Ned Swanberg and talk together about how we can welcome birds and other living things in and around our...
Planting alliums, a/k/a onions
As always happens when gardeners get together here, magic happened. Well, the magic of hard work plus the natural environment. Saturday's workday was about planting alliums. We have six rows of onions, including Walla-Walla whites, yellows, shallots, leeks, and...
Prepping beds, planting corn
Compost workdays
Thirteen gardeners completed important garden projects. Hannah, garden co-coordinator, led a compost system design-and-build, and today gardeners measured, cut, and assembled new cedar bins. Gardeners also tilled compost into beds, organized tools and materials for...
Indoor interlude
The Garden at 485 Elm starts a lot of seeds indoors and covered on porches. Starting our own seeds saves a lot of money over buying "starts" -- when someone else starts seeds, so gardeners can buy them as young plants ready to go into the ground. Today Hannah and I...
Planting peas and parsnips
