The YES! Garden

Posted by sshutts at Oct 23, 2009 01:52 PM | Permalink

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Here's a peek at some of the actions we are taking here at the YES! office in Bainbridge Island, Washington, from individual choices to decisions that affect the whole publication.

This summer, managing editor Doug Pibel started a garden at the YES! Magazine office. He says he's always coveted the lawn space and pursued the idea with Becca Hanson of Studio Hanson Roberts. The garden—a raised bed currently growing lettuce, China rose radishes, mizuna, arugula, spinach, rainbow chard, kale, and beets—is available to everyone in the condominium complex. Some YES! Magazine employees took extra plant starts home with them to begin or to add to their own gardens.

YES! Magazine web editor Brooke Jarvis picks some greens to make a lunchtime salad. The only problem with making a delicious salad from the YES! garden?

Co-workers may be tempted to steal!

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Reader Comments

starting a garden

Posted by Louellyn Lambros at Nov 01, 2009 09:30 PM

Is it possible to post the steps one would follow in starting a garden? Specifically: how to plan a garden (size and what to plant), where to buy seeds and how to start growing them in the winter, how to prepare the soil in the spring, tips on ongoing care (how much to water, collecting rainwater, etc.) I joined a CSA this past year, but I would like to have a garden next year and promote gardening in my community. But I am feeling rather inept!

starting a garden

Posted by Susie Shutts at Nov 04, 2009 02:34 PM

Louellyn,

The best resource for learning about gardening is to talk with and watch gardeners and farmers in your area, because they are most likely to know the challenges and strong points of the soil and climate where you live, what grows well and what doesn't, and where to get gardening supplies.
That said, YES! Magazine has a couple of tips online that may be of some help for a very general starting point (http://www.yesmagazine.org/[…]/ and http://www.yesmagazine.org/[…]/), but for more specific information, look locally.

Good luck with your garden!