Onions Are Happier Than They Appear
Onions are one of the most reliable crops at the Garden at 485 Elm. When we get them in early enough, they grow into gorgeous bulbs that we harvest all at once and divide among gardeners here. Gardeners enjoy red, white, and yellow onions and shallots. This season,...
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Have you seen Spruce the cat?
Guy's Farm & Yard is an ongoing resource for The Garden at 485 Elm. That's how we got to know Spruce the cat. Now he's missing! Spruce was last seen at his home at Guy's Farm & Yard in Montpelier on Friday, October 18, 2014. He is very much loved and...
Fall in the garden
The tomatoes are all picked, the plants pulled and composted. The onions and potatoes are all dug up and stored in a cool, dry, dark place. A third gleaning happened today. Sixty-three pounds of crops vulnerable to frost went to organizations feeding local people in...
Fall Equinox: Endings and beginnings
The fall equinox is upon us and, of course, the garden. We're back in sweatshirts and things are changing fast. ...
“What do I do with giant zucchini?”
I met a nice new person today. We walked around the garden. As we passed the vining plants, she pointed under some leaves and said, "Look at the giant zucchini." How had we missed these? Had they grown overnight? Each was more than two feet long. After she left, I...
Thinking Outside the Garden: Riverfront Protection & Invasives Management
The Garden at 485 Elm grows on a property that has 400 feet on the North Branch of the Winooski River. The garden's 1/4-acre is on higher ground than the riverfront. Still, we wondered if we could do anything to take better care of our waterfront. Montpelier is prone...
2nd Gleaning, Twice as Much
This is the second gleaning in The Garden at 485 Elm's partnership with Community Harvest of Central Vermont. The first gleaning in July yielded 40 pounds of food. Today, volunteers gleaned over 75 pounds of food. It has been delivered to The Montpelier Senior...
Om-nom-nom
Pardon us for talking with our mouths full. That's where things are at -- bursting with ripeness and fresh flavor. We did this together. ...
Work Day!
In the garden, every day is work day. But when we convene as a group, we get a lot done together. And have fun, too. ...
Young Hacks Academy: Thinking Outside the Garden
On July 22, The Garden at 485 Elm's garden coordinator, Cindy Delfino, led a session at Young Hacks Academy in Montpelier. Cindy had accepted an invitation to present the group of slightly-younger-than-tweens with a problem to solve. Many in the group had some garden...
Gleaning — Feeding Those in Need While Improving the Garden
Now, this is partnership. Today Community Harvest of Central Vermont gleaned 40 pounds of food in less than two hours. They left The Garden at 485 Elm in better condition than they found it. In fact, the garden hardly looks touched except where a few entirely...
