2010-11 – RUMBOUGH PLACE VEGETABLE AND RESCUE GARDEN

Tropicals Rescue Plants

At Jimmy Burns and Johanna Finkelstein Vegetable and Rescue Garden, ornamentals are slowly changing away from a mix of plants salvaged from the mark down racks and dumpsters of what they call “cruel big box retailers.”  (Jimmy muses, “Did we really need 720 pansies last year?”)  Different beds demonstrate their varying degrees of success with no-till, low-till and cover crop garden methods.  Vegetable beds contain root crops for late harvest/storage and the last of the summer veggies mixed with the fall planting of greens.  Elsewhere, beds are being prepared for next year’s fruit and berry plants.  (Jimmy added, “Fellow gardeners, share your fruit and berry stories and help us decide what to plant.”)  Note: Rescued plants ranging from herbs to azaleas are available for very modest adoption fees.  “No background check required.”

Mallow