The Power of Flowers
The garden is overflowing with fresh vegetables, herbs, and, yes, flowers. Three rows and trellises for climbing flowers host varieties that attract pollinators, beautify the garden, and bloom for gardeners who harvest them, take them home, and give them as gifts....
What else is growing at the garden?
How raised beds happen
Thanks to a generous friend who has ended her experiment with raised beds, The Garden at 485 Elm now has four ready-to-assemble 4' x 4' raised beds.
Let gardening season begin!
We had a fun and productive first workday of 2015 at the Garden at 485 Elm. When the garden looks like this: The work happens in here. ...
Attend the Grow It! workshop — many locations & dates
When we attended Vermont Community Garden Network's Grow It! workshop last year, we had some seeds started in pots and The Garden at 485 Elm was still a lawn. This year, it's a whole different story. We hope to see you at the May 7 Barre Town workshop, or that you'll...
We Heart High Mowing Seeds
Thanks to the generosity of High Mowing Organic Seeds in Wolcott, Vermont, The Garden at 485 Elm has a great supply of seeds to start our 2015 planting. Our acceptance letter said that High Mowing Organic Seeds will ship donations if recipients pay shipping fees....
Tell your food story Feb. 15 at the Winter NOFA VT Conference
Make your 30-second pitch by Jan. 23 to tell your story of five minutes or less at the 33rd annual NOFA Winter Conference. The “Story and Poetry Slam” will serve as the's year's conference keynote. On Sunday, Feb. 15, at 9:30 a.m., the floor goes to "farmers,...
Happy New Year & Happy Garden 2015!
The Garden at 485 Elm went to bed slowly. It reminded me of a super-productive person who couldn't resist doing "just one more task" before going to bed. With the new year upon us, let's make it official: The Garden at 485 Elm has gone to bed. But bed is...
From the internet to the dinner table
The website reads: Front Porch Forum's mission is to help neighbors connect and build community. We do that by hosting regional networks of online neighborhood forums. Front Porch Forum certainly upheld its mission when it comes to The Garden at 485 Elm. It...
Fresh-picked veggies in December
This was my first year gardening. Ever. Among other surprises, I did not know how far into Vermont's cold season a garden can produce. I think this might be the last of the harvest. Although, there are still kale plants with leaves and chard and other goodies hiding...
Putting the garden to bed
Two beautiful weather days meant two productive work days at The Garden at 485 Elm. ...
Late fall garden work day
Earlier in the gardening season, building infrastructure overlapped with planting and harvesting. On this rainy day late in the gardening season, breaking down and putting-to-bed co-occurs with harvesting and replanting. The insects are waning and larger creatures who...
