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Landscaping? Think About Making It Edible
Usually people think about ornamental landscaping and gardening as two different things. Really, they don’t have to be. Last year, I wrote about my friend Kim, who was using blueberries as foundation plantings and last Wednesday, Kirsten Conrad Buhls gave … Continue reading
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Tagged Arlington Central Library, Edible landscaping, gardening, landscaping, vegetable gardening
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Central Library Garden: The Continuous Yield
One of the stories emerging from the Central Library Garden this spring is the number of crops that wintered over. While Plot Against Hunger deliberately planted crops in the fall that would extend our season, we had no idea that we … Continue reading
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Tagged AFAC, Arlington Central Library, broccoli, cabbage, collards, lettuces, Plot Against Hunger, vegetable gardening, Winter gardening
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Harvesting Before the Snow Squall
A line of snow squalls is blowing through northern Virginia today, bringing sharply colder temperatures, or as some might say, more seasonal weather. Late last week, on an errand to the Arlington Central Library, I took some time to see … Continue reading
Veggies in October? You Bet!
Members of the Plot Against Hunger task force met at Central Library Saturday morning to work on cleaning up the garden for winter. This has been a process of removing plants as they die or stop bearing. We have been … Continue reading
Planting the Fall Garden
August can be a trying time in the garden. Sometimes no matter what you do, everything just bakes. I recently spent three hours in my garden cleaning it up, weeding and tidying because in spite of its seeming decline, I … Continue reading
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