Publicity

It was two weeks ago now that Julia, the awesome media specialist from over in the Communications office, visited the garden armed with her cameras. When the new website launched last week, Bryan and I discovered ourselves just a few clicks away. Bryan’s picture is featured on the A Bennington Education page (that’s him in the side … Continue reading »

Signed

Even before we started growing things, we knew that last year there had been some problems of students – who are welcome to harvest from the student garden on their own – harvesting from other plots in the community garden. This past week, in preparation for students coming and hopefully being in the garden and … Continue reading »

Mr. Tomato Head

Rain and Pickles

The week started, and the weather forecast has stayed about constant: Yesterday, it rained from when I woke up until I went to sleep. Which was great; being a Portland, Oregoner, I often miss a good downpour if it has been more than a few days. The rain does keep us out of the garden, … Continue reading »

Picnic Market

Yesterday we had our first market day in the courtyard of the Barn. We had a lot of people stop by, and a few even donated some $$ for the vegetables they picked up. We had a pretty cute spread, and all in all it was a very successful little market. We sold: cucumbers, zucchinis, … Continue reading »

Purple Beans

Retrospectively, when we were ordering our seeds from High Mowing, we must have been in a purple kind of mood because a lot of the crops we planted are purple. We have planted piles of purple carrots, and two of our bean varieties are purple-hued: the burgundy bush bean and the rattlesnake pole bean. I … Continue reading »

In Bloom

Saturday marked our first sunflower in bloom! Last week the calendula finally opened up, only shortly after the nasturtium, and now all of the flowers (the ones that won’t turn into fruits and vegetables) are in bloom.

Fan Mail

We came into the garden today for a little bit of Saturday working (we were really horrified that bore worms had gotten to our squash plot) and were met with a lovely note from Tyler. We agree! Come down to the garden and check it out if you get a chance!

Sea of Squash

The squash are truly taking over. Spreading out of their designated area, there are no paths to be seen between the hills. There are, however, flowers aplenty and even good-sized little green, stripey butternuts. This “sea of squash”, as I’ve been referring to it, inspired to following photoshoot with DREAM yesterday.

Holy Moly! On Returning

I have been gone the past 12 days or so, taking a brief sojourn on the west coast. Coming back to the garden today was nuts. I wish there was another way to describe it that was more eloquent, but everything seemed to grow at least a foot. Green everywhere, except where the garden is … Continue reading »