A demonstration vegetable and herb
garden is being planted again this year at Arlington's Central Library.
You can see what steps are being taken to prepare and plant the garden
in the "Follow the Library Garden" section below. Follow along and
plant your own!
Click on each post for a link with further reading. You can go directly to the "Follow The Garden Page" by following this link: Follow The Central Libray Garden 2012. From the link you can subscribe to the posts in your RSS reader.
| GARDEN TALKS -- Wednesdays at 7PM -- March Through October.
LEARN ABOUT GARDENING AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY’S GARDEN WEDNESDAYS THIS SPRING/SUMMER 2012 – talks last 30-45 minutes with time for questions
Click on the link below for a full talk schedule:
2012 Garden Talks Schedule
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Follow The Library Garden
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June 2, 2012 -- More Planting, Garden Structures and Harvesting
Bean tipi erected and beans planted; cucumber trellis up and cukes planted; squash, eggplants, and tomatoes planted; herbs sheared; honey vine pulled and peas harvested.
Posted Jun 3, 2012, 12:12 AM by Andrew Nuckols
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May 5, 2012 -- Central Library Garden Already Yielding
An efficient Saturday morning work party at the Central Library garden planted eggplant, tomatoes, and peppers after turning over the soil and adding compost. Earlier in the week, Don Weber ...
Posted May 6, 2012, 1:24 AM by Andrew Nuckols
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April 21, 2012 -- Central Library Garden Cleared for Planting
On Saturday, several volunteers gathered at Central Library to work the garden. They weeded, harvested the remaining lettuce, removed the cold frames, planted onions, andtrimmed the oregano. As weather ...
Posted Apr 28, 2012, 6:55 PM by Andrew Nuckols
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March 31, 2012 -- 2012 Garden Preparations Begin
Our winter cover crop of crimson clover is blossoming. We’ll dig itunder in the next few weeks.By L.J. CryePlot Against Hunger has begun preparations for ...
Posted Apr 27, 2012, 8:56 PM by Andrew Nuckols
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February 13th, 2012 -- Most Plants Survive the Cold Snap
The broccoli and lettuces that we covered before Saturday's cold snap
have survived well. The broccoli is a little droopy, but will probably
recover, and the lettuce in the ...
Posted Feb 16, 2012, 3:05 PM by Andrew Nuckols
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Planting Dates (Approximate dates to plant your own!)Planting Dates
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Library Garden Plansuggested diagram 2011 |
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