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Every month, the team at the Edible Demonstration Garden chronicles what's happening in the garden - planting, harvesting, problems and more. Check out our stories!

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Oxalis pes-carpe, Bermuda buttercup or Cape sorrel. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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April 2021: Controlling Weeds

March 31, 2021

March brought many unwelcome guests to our garden. Weeds! Weeds compete with our crops for nutrients, water, sunlight, and space...

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March 2021: Growing Edibles in Drought

March 31, 2021

The Edibles Demonstration Garden team took steps in the last month to move toward spring and summer plantings. We also made the decision to postpone our dreams of expanding our fruit tree orchard until the next bare-root season...

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February 2021: Winter Pruning

March 31, 2021

As we welcomed the New Year, our winter garden had come to life. We are now harvesting the fruits of our fall labors: beautiful heads of broccoli, arugula, spicy mesclun mix, lettuce, spinach, kale...

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January 2021: Propagation

March 31, 2021

December arrived and found our team enjoying some well-deserved rest. The planting of our winter garden is finished and now we are just waiting for it to start producing.

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