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...
What else is growing at the garden?
Video: Moving From Scarcity to Abundance
"Shifting the focus of the Montpelier Food Pantry from hunger relief to food justice." ~ Joseph Kiefer, Central Vermont Food Systems Council The Central Vermont Food Systems Council and Just Basics, Inc. created a very special evening about local food systems and...
Planting Lots, Eating Well
Today we nearly cleared the seedling table of the plants we started and purchased. ...
Living with the River
On a beautiful Tuesday evening during National Pollinator Week, naturalist and gardener at 485 Elm Ned Swanberg led a group along the river. Ned's presentation, "Living with the North Branch," introduced us to our follow residents in the plant and animal world. Plants...
People transform a garden
On June 11, we built garden beds, installed tomato structures, and planted tomatoes, greens, and other crops. ...
Our Frenemies in the Garden
On a cool evening, our garden coordinator Cindy led a guided tour of the garden’s bugs. We coexist with beneficial bugs. We eliminate those that destroy crops using organic practices. Good Bugs During the recent Bug Walk we found the spotted lady beetle, which eats...
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...
