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Where there used to be paved driveway along the east side of the Library is the site of the new Library Rain Garden!  This large garden and its associated rain barrels will manage rain water coming off the Library roof and use it to nurture this area of moisture-loving plants, rather than speeding away toContinue reading “New Library Rain Garden Needs Your Help”

Sweet Peppers! Our friends at Vermont Harvest of the Month bring us this month’s “Harvest of the Month.” Enjoy some of these colorful, tasty gems while they last!  Peppers are native to Central and South America and are among the first plants to be cultivated there. Pepper seeds dating back to 5,000 BC have beenContinue reading “September Harvest of the Month”

We speak often, at our events, about how we can be resilient gardeners and stand ready for whatever comes our way. From relatively small challenges (oh, here come the potato bugs again) to the big ones, it pays to think ahead and be prepared. This week, we’d like to tell you about an upcoming informativeContinue reading “Resilient Agriculture”

Learn Canning Basics this Saturday Our gardens may be winding down, but we’re still busy harvesting and enjoying the fruits of our labor! There are many ways you can store some of your delicious summer produce to enjoy long after the garden has been put to bed and our Vermont winter has set in, andContinue reading “September Program – Preserve the Harvest”

The garden is all planted and in maintenance mode.  You are harvesting delicious summer veggies, and enjoying watching all the pollinators buzzing around the abundant flowers.  While you’re spending so much time in the garden, keeping up with the weeding and watering, this is a great time to be thinking about saving seeds for nextContinue reading “Save Some Seeds!”

Because of Covid-19 precautions at Charlotte Library, we will not be distributing heirloom seeds this spring. But we will still offer regular Gardener Support programs this year, and plenty of on-line information which we hope will support and encourage local food producers like yourselves. Right now more people than ever are itching to get theirContinue reading “New Gardener Support Programs”

Hello Friends and Fellow Gardeners, We hope you and your families are finding ways to cope with the current emergency situation.  Managing the logistics, and especially the stress, is a challenge for all of us.  But we who garden know what good medicine that activity and the food and beauty it yields is for us,Continue reading “April Update”

One of the mottos of the Slow Food Movement is “Eat It to Save It!”  Next week Wednesday (October 2) we have an excellent opportunity to share both good local food and good conversation about what that means.  If you have not already done so, I hope you will contact Margaret Woodruff at Charlotte LibraryContinue reading “Oct 2 Potluck Supper and Seed Saving Tips”