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It’s Spring at In the Gardens!
Caring for the Earth, Feeding Each Other, Gardens, Growing Food, Organic Gardening, Volunteer Day Robin Damsky Caring for the Earth, Feeding Each Other, Gardens, Growing Food, Organic Gardening, Volunteer Day Robin Damsky

It’s Spring at In the Gardens!

Spring is springing! I don’t know about you, but I thought it would never arrive. We’ve been seeing parsley now for awhile, even pushing through the snow, but today its delicate frills have been joined by greening-up sage leaves, red-veined sorrel, onion spears, lots of green...

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Planning Your Garden Part 4: The Fall Garden
Caring for the Soul, Feeding Each Other, Gardens, Growing Food, Organic Gardening, Permaculture, Volunteer Day Robin Damsky Caring for the Soul, Feeding Each Other, Gardens, Growing Food, Organic Gardening, Permaculture, Volunteer Day Robin Damsky

Planning Your Garden Part 4: The Fall Garden

In the last few weeks, we have harvested lots of fruits and veggies, and some plants have completed their season. The garden looks different. There are big pockets of emptiness, soil with nothing growing in it. Harvesting turnips, beets...

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A Special Volunteer!
Caring for One Another, Feeding Each Other, Growing Food, Organic Gardening, Social Justice, Volunteer Day Robin Damsky Caring for One Another, Feeding Each Other, Growing Food, Organic Gardening, Social Justice, Volunteer Day Robin Damsky

A Special Volunteer!

Last Saturday I had the honor of seeing one of my former students become a bar mitzvah. It was especially meaningful because of the close relationships I have with so many members of his family, particularly with his grandmother Judy (Gunga, as she is known), who is one of In the Gardens’ main volunteers. And yet...

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Spring Fundraiser – Join our monthly giving program!
About In the Gardens, Building Community, Caring for the Earth, Gardens, Giving Back, Growing Food, Organic Gardening, Volunteer Day Robin Damsky About In the Gardens, Building Community, Caring for the Earth, Gardens, Giving Back, Growing Food, Organic Gardening, Volunteer Day Robin Damsky

Spring Fundraiser – Join our monthly giving program!

Spring has come much too early this year. From those 70-degree days in February, plants took off early out of the starting block. Even though we’ve had a snowfall since then and some additional cold days, the warm weather is here, and it’s time to get all the goods into the ground. There are times during the season that we need to work overtime, and this is one of them. Our water system is in, but needs some fine-tuning. Some of our seeds are in, but lots more of our beds need to be prepped and planted. Trees and plants around the…

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In the Gardens First Volunteer Day!
Building Community, Feeding Each Other, Gardens, Growing Food, Organic Gardening, Volunteer Day Robin Damsky Building Community, Feeding Each Other, Gardens, Growing Food, Organic Gardening, Volunteer Day Robin Damsky

In the Gardens First Volunteer Day!

This past Sunday, April 23, was In the Gardens’ first formal Volunteer Day, and a great day it was. We tackled a number of projects. Early this week we brought several cubic yards of compost to the property, and the first objective was to use it in the rebuilding of the keyhole garden. A keyhole garden is a permaculture design term…

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