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A Whole Weekend of Gardening: Spring May Be Sprung
What a gardening weekend! The weather was unbelievably beautiful with temperatures in the upper fifties and lower sixties. It started with a work party on Saturday morning at the garden at Central Library. What a great group of volunteers came! … Continue reading
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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Ah, the Pleasures of the First Radish!
It has been such a glorious, warm spring that it would be hard not to be happy in the garden. While it has been dry, and this warmth may have broader implications, who could fail to be thrilled by the … Continue reading
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Tagged lettuces, radishes, rain, 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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Yup, Still Harvesting
Cleaning up the garden is always bittersweet for me. After our recent day of snow, sleet and rain, I thought I should find out what was left and what I could harvest. It turned out there were lots of peppers … Continue reading
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Tagged artemisia silver king, arugula, calendula, chard, cosmos, Fall gardening, peppers, rain, recent snow, rosemary, sleet, vegetable gardening
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Plotting Against Hunger
The Plot Against Hunger, a committee of the Arlington Food Assistance Center, has partnered with Arlington’s Central Library and other organizations to create a demonstration garden on the library grounds. This year we have a new sign, courtesy of Martin … Continue reading
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Tagged AFAC, demonstration gardens, food assistance, gardens, gleaning, local food, vegetable gardening
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