Prepping and Planting Next Season’s Garlic
One of the last tasks we do each season is plant garlic. This task happens only after hard frosts have begun so the garlic seeds don't sprout before spring. https://youtu.be/16WzNcQOqw8 This garden bed grew summer squash and zucchini, which were prolific and...
What else is growing at the garden?
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. ...
Central Vermont organization gleaning to feed those in need
In The Garden at 485 Elm's first year, gleaners from Community Harvest of Central Vermont (CHCV) carefully picked, weighed, documented, packaged and delivered 200 pounds of food from this garden. It was a modest but significant contribution to CHCV's program that...
Finishing tomatoes indoors
Sophi was feeding seaweed to the garden rows when she mentioned two sauces she'd made from this year's paste tomatoes, a San Marzano variety. She said the first sauce was sweet and delicious. Whereas the second sauce was quite tart. The difference, said Sophi, was the...
