How to Thin a Carrot
Carrots have tiny seeds. Without surgical precision in planting, carrot jungle happens. The more carrots the better, right? Except if they're too crowded, they don't have room to grow into long, thick carrots. They'll be small, stunted carrots, some of them twisted...
What else is growing at the garden?
Join us in the herb garden
On Saturday, August 22 at 5:30 p.m., enjoy a walk, talk, & nibble through the beautiful herb garden. Our host is Herb Gnome Lroy Meryhew, a gardener here at 485 Elm and a 3rd-year student at the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism doing her student-clinic...
Garden Yoga – Thursday, July 16 & July 23 (5:30-6:30 p.m.)
Come practice a moderately vigorous yoga flow at The Garden at 485 Elm. Beginners welcome! Thursday, July 16 & Thursday, July 23 5:30 to 6:30 pm Catherine Craig will lead a hatha yoga class with a focus on alignment. Surrounded by beautiful plants and with a view...
We’ve picked the last garlic scape
Garlic scapes are delicious. Picking the scapes allows the plant to send its energy to the garlic bulbs everyone is waiting for, so this harvest yields winners all around. This week I learned that scapes are ready to eat when they twist over like the one pictured...
Talking Gleaning in the Garden
Each season, gardeners and our garden coordinator at The Garden at 485 Elm decide what to grow. We plant as much of each crop as we think will feed the number of gardeners who have committed to being part of this community garden, plus more to donate. But life...
The garden is chugging along
What a weekend of workdays. The bulk of plantings are done or nearly so. We'll continue planting succession crops, fall crops, and winter crops. ...
Planting and eating
Food is beginning to emerge as other seeds and seedlings continue to go into the ground. ...
Join us for gentle yoga in the garden.
Come practice a gentle yoga flow at The Garden at 485 Elm, 5:30 to 6:30 pm on Thursday, July 2. Catherine Craig will lead a hatha yoga class with a focus on alignment. Surrounded by beautiful plants and with a view of the river, we will link breath to movement... and...
Eating food right now
What are we eating at The Garden at 485 Elm? Chinese cabbage (pictured) Chives & chive flowers Dandelion greens Herbs: Cilantro, lemon balm, oregano, rosemary, three kinds of sage, tarragon, German & broad leaf thyme, peppermint, and spearmint Kale We'll have...
June 20, 5 pm: Join us for a talk on gleaning
Enjoy a talk among the plants about gleaning, which maximizes plant health, prevents food waste, and feeds community members in need. Community Harvest of Central Vermont gleaned nearly 200 pounds in 2014 from The Garden at 485 Elm. See photos from the first gleaning...
View from within the garden: Good question
Here's a glimpse into the workings of a collaborative community garden. The gardeners at 485 Elm ask good questions. And if one gardener has a question, it's a good bet others have the same question. Here are a few from this week: Do people's names in boxes on the...
