Alice's Garden

The bounty of the growing season is on full display this month and it can be difficult to figure out how to use everything from the garden this time of year. One overlooked solution: making a cup of fresh tea. We explore three common plants that can be used for medicinal teas.

Dig In! contributor Venice Williams has been the longtime executive director of Alice's Garden, and she is taking on a new role as the interim-executive director of the Fondy Food Center. Williams shares some of the many events happening at these places this summer.

Most of us have already put away our gardening tools for the season. But there are still great ways to get fresh, local produce and continue using it throughout the winter season. Every month, Venice Williams, the executive director of Alice’s Garden, shares tips for our series called Dig In! which is all about gardening and healthy cooking.

Venice explains the importance of thanking your garden while also offering tips for future harvesting and books every garden lover should have on their reading list.

As the seasons change from summer to fall, the waning days of summer signal the end of the growing season to many. But fall can be one of the busiest seasons for planting and preparing your garden and yard for the upcoming year. Expert Venice Williams gives her tips on what to do in the garden this year.

Venice Williams says growing plants in isolation is not a natural practice and is something that was created to create uniformity in commercial farming, which is why gardens that implement companion planting see numerous benefits.

This month on Dig In!, Venice Williams talks about the very foundation of every garden: soil — not dirt.

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