Please visit us on the afternoon of Saturday, April 29th! We will have all sorts of activities including: educational talks; workshops on plant propagation, mushroom growing, tomato grafting, and hydroponic gardening; children’s programs; plant and product sales; demos in our…
Read MoreI’ve grown a lot of different vegetables at this point, but there’s always something new for me to try. Last fall I planted some Claytonia perfoliata, or miner’s lettuce, alongside spinach in my vegetable garden. Both of them have wintered over…
Read MoreOne project we’re embarking on this year in the Derwood Demo Garden is growing lettuce year-round (or as close as we can get). Lettuce is a perfect crop for spring or fall: quick-growing, tolerant of cool weather, useful. But it…
Read MoreI like Erica’s post about getting some garden chores done early. And like her, I’m planting some early season cool weather vegetables seeds in the garden and getting some early weeding done. But, unlike Erica, I am putting down…
Read More2016 was the warmest year on record globally, and given the evidence of the past few weeks, 2017 could well eclipse it (we have a lot of the year to go still, of course!). But certainly we’ve been having an…
Read MorePlease visit our Year of Small Fruits 2017 page and learn all about the fruit plants you can grow easily in your garden! Ooh, look at those aronia flowers and fruit! Both a good fruit for jam AND a native plant….
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