Planting Garlic in 2023 to Harvest in 2024
Once Vermont is well into fall frosts, it's garlic planting time. Waiting until extended warm spells have ended ensures the garlic won't germinate and begin growing until spring. Flashback to midsummer: We harvested the garlic planted in 2022 and reserved hundreds of...
What else is growing at the garden?
The 2016 season garden begins
The Garden at 485 Elm is full for 2016. We have new gardeners, as well as gardeners entering their second and third years here. There are already people on the waiting list, too.
“Community Gardens will save our planet”
People growing together
“Community gardens bring people together.” -Pete Seeger
Mid-December gardening in Vermont
The usually warm fall has extended the productive 2015 gardening season later than we could have imagined. ...
Pansies in November
The forecast was for a sunny day in the 60s with no wind. Of course, we called a workday. ...
Balcony view of the garden
Garden Cleanup
We knew this day was coming. This weekend's forecast is for hard frost. Amid the raindrops this afternoon, a few wet snowflakes fell. By day's end, humans and the weather had transformed the garden again. ...
Thank you, Front Porch Forum
Please join me in supporting Front Porch Forum by contributing here: http://frontporchforum.com/supporting-members In April 2014, our south yard was a lawn. I posted to Front Porch Forum looking for people who might want to use some of the lawn to grow food. The posts...
Oct. workdays: Compost & so much more
On a gorgeous fall weekend, we transformed the garden for the season. Ella and Hannah feed corn stalks into the chipper so they can be added to the compost pile. Norma arrives with more stalks. We've pulled out the row cover for the season. Peppers and zucchini...
What we’re doing & eating
It's officially fall. The garden is still feeding us a delicious variety of foods. Some aren't even ready yet. But the days are noticeably shorter and cooler. This comfortable gardening weather signifies the wind-down of gardening season. ...
