Cold-Weather Squash Scramble
The frost that looked likely did not come to pass, but we took that as a signal to harvest all the winter squash. Gardeners planted fourteen rows of winter squash: buttercup, butternut, and delicata seeds. Some squash plants grow into widely sprawling vines. This is...
What else is growing at the garden?
Water, water, everywhere. Please.
This is the dry season. We don't have sagebrush rolling past cacti, but our plants are parched. Cindy, our garden coordinator, runs a watering-intensive garden. Sometimes there are protests: The plants will drown; it's not necessary; mulch will reduce the watering...
Beautiful
Gardens are beautiful. Food is beautiful. Irina Markova, who gardens here, takes exquisite photos here. Here are some to relish.
Work happens
But not by itself. It's the magic of gardeners coming together to do what needs to be done. ...
Just about ready and coming soon
(2 of 2) We have lots of photos and instructions to share with gardeners here. I'm going to post this one publicly for easy sharing with gardeners, and so you can learn more about how a cooperative CSA-model community garden works from the inside....
Harvesting Now
We have lots of photos and instructions to share with gardeners here. I'm going to post this one publicly for easy sharing with gardeners, and so you can learn more about how a cooperative CSA-model community garden works from the inside.
Garden Workday: July 24, 2015
Coming soon and ready now
The garden is exploding with food. This blog's update frequency occurs in inverse proportion to the amount of garden activity because time is a limited commodity. Coming later this week: Cherry Tomatoes, Ground Cherries, Tomatillos, and more. Here are garden sights...
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...
