As we keep talking about, we’ve been suffering some pest damage as the season goes on and our garden keeps growing. We have two major pests hanging around: flea beetles and cucumber beetles. There are slugs around, too, but they move a lot slower and so are easier to smoosh and thus less of a … Continue reading »
Posted in June 2011 …
DREAM in the Garden
As we’ve mentioned before, we’re working with the DREAM program this summer. Twice weekly, a small group of kids (last week it was 3 on Thursday and 5 on Friday) comes to the garden for food growing-centered activities. DREAM does a lot of work with Bennington during the school year, and while Bryan and I … Continue reading »
Planning Our Garden with John Jeavons
Back when I was at school in California (I just transferred this past spring) and trying to start a student garden at my old school, I went to visit the nearby Claremont colleges to see how the different gardens there were working – what kind of spaces they used, the level of student, faculty, staff … Continue reading »
Basil: Not Just for Pesto
We have an incredible amount of basil planted. There are three or four or five basil plants between all of our tomato plants, because, according to John Jeavons, growing the two together makes the tomatoes taste better. We’re giving it a try. We had more basil starts – Sweet and Genovese varieties – and figured: can … Continue reading »
Butternut squash in danger: garden interns on alert
We have had our first serious run in with insect damage, and it has made us realize just how important our squash row covers really are. Late last week the end of one of our row covers blow off the squash hills at the end of that row leaving it exposed to the wrath of … Continue reading »
Maps!
We’ve updated the Maps section and now there is a current, chalk version of the current garden – much different than last year. Let us know what you think!
Rain, Rain, Rain
The start of summer sure has been wet around here, driving Bryan and I inside to write blog posts, enter data, finalize maps, and plan for DREAM‘s first visit tomorrow. The weather has been a big roadblock for us this season. Saturated soils prevented us from preparing the garden as soon as we would have … Continue reading »
Happy Solstice Everyone!
The sun is setting here in Bennington Vermont to conclude the longest day of the year and the first official day of summer. I hope you all took a moment today to appreciate the sun and all it is in our lives. We look forward to the fruitful summer that awaits. In the spirit of … Continue reading »
Going Vertical or…. Putting the Garden in Sculpture Garden
Toward the end of term, a sculpture appeared on Commons Lawn. Bryan and I both had the idea that the sculpture should be moved to the garden and beans, peas, or another climbing vegetable should grow up it. Soon, the tent for commencement was set up on the lawn and we missed our chance to … Continue reading »
Our Lovely Volunteers
Since the start we have been blessed with many wonderful volunteers in the Student Garden. With our great showing at the first real work party, and then the many people that have come to help us out in the garden so far this summer. It’s really great to see so many people excited about the … Continue reading »
