by Sara Burgess | Oct 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
9th Annual Harvest Hootenanny and Pumpkin Smash: The COVID Edition Like so many things this year, the Harvest Hootenanny and Pumpkin Smash is going to look a little different but we’re really grateful that this event is able to move forward with a few changes....
by Sara Burgess | Aug 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Writen by Naomi Sager Summer squash season is now in full swing, and here at Common Roots, we’ve been enjoying the bountiful harvest. This vegetable grows quite rapidly, so daily we’ve been seeing several new ones mature to a harvest-able size! While the...
by Sara Burgess | Jul 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Written by Naomi Sager In our commons garden bed right now, there’s a particular pink plant in bloom which has been attracting a large quantity of pollinators… it’s swamp Milkweed! Swamp Milkweed is one of 14 varieties of milkweed native to Canada....
by Sara Burgess | Jul 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Written by Naomi Sager This time of year, when strolling through a vegetable garden you might notice the presence of relatively large, vivid, and boldly colored yellow/orange flowers of cucurbits (that is, the gourd family: including zucchini, squash, cucumber, and...
by Sara Burgess | Jul 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Written by Naomi Sager Upon strolling through garden one day recently, we noticed one of our newly planted flowers was looking less than stellar.Upon closer investigation, we discovered that the rather droopy and generally sad looking plant (as well as its...
by Sara Burgess | Jun 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Written by Naomi Sager Earlier this season we noticed a couple of frequent visitors: a pair of robins! Upon spotting the robins hopping around the plots, we thought it would be interesting to learn a bit more about them. When we think of robins, what might come to...
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