We turned our living room into a seed room. This space transforms by the seasons just as the fields do. Tired of the annual spring shuffle of living room to seed room and back again, we decided to make it permanent. You could say the living room and kitchen are a bit crunched together …
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August brings bounty, when seemingly every crop is ripe and every harvest basket heavy. Zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, beets, lettuces, onions, garlic, beans, new potatoes, and more. And I can’t forget about the basil, parsley, thyme, and sage, plus the cut flowers, brightening the fields and kitchen table. It’s a month when the end …
The most important thing when you’re starting an organic garden is to buy organic seeds. You decided to grow organic because you want to grow the healthiest food. You want to take care of the land and encourage healthy soil, healthy plants, and strong living systems. So it’s vitally important that you start with …
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year: when seed catalogs arrive in the mail! Seed catalogs mark the transition between the end of the autumn growing season and the beginning of winter planning. And if planning doesn’t sound enticing to you, just imagine this: a cold winter day, a hot cup of tea, a …
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Some things need the cold. They rely on a long period of darkness before they send up their sprout. Garlic is one of these. Planted in late autumn, it grows just enough to root into the soil, but stops after that, going into winter dormancy. Here in Central Vermont, where we grow in zone 4b, …
Garlic for Joy: how to plant garlic, and why you should Read More »
It’s spring! And that means it’s time to sow seeds. If you live in a northern state like Vermont, it also means there’s still snow on the ground. So we sow indoors. Each crop has it’s own specifications when it comes to seeding: number of days to emergence, soil temperature, light, etc. Keeping it all straight …
