Undercover Gardening
We use row cover, a.k.a. low tunnels, to protect seeds and seedlings while they mature and gain strength. Garden fabric like this holds in moisture, protects against too much heat or cold, and keeps out insects who would eat the little plants. We uncover greens when...
What else is growing at the garden?
Shout-Outs While The Plants Drink Deeply
Finally, a deep, soaking mother-rain. The garden needs this. We're happy to hand watering duty over to Mother Nature for a few days. While the earth slakes her thirst, let's behold some of the bounty others have shared with The Garden at 485 Elm. ...
In which we need a lot of rain — and get a little
Chris N & Charles plan and gather tools to build a pea trellis ...
Watering in the Rain
Tonight I was watering the garden when I felt drops on my head. Now it’s pouring a mother rain, as Cindy describes it (in contrast with a booming, flashing father rain). Our garden needs it. We've had wonderful days with two and three shifts of gardeners. And we...
Three shifts of gardeners
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Soil Amendments and Brassica
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Tomatoes!
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Chris Is The Tillerman
Potatoes, pallets, and a pup
Food! Well, seeds and seedlings
Norma strips bark from cedar logs, soon to be fence posts
