Coming Sunday, October 23 at 11 a.m. This year, we will celebrate both this season's Good News Garden harvest and the Ingathering of...

Even as the plants in the Good News Garden succumb to the cooler temperatures and shorter daylight hours of autumn, our giant marigolds...

After four months of growth and abundance, the Good News Garden is slowing down. The cucumber vines and the jungle of tomato plants --...

The Good News Garden seems to betray a strong preference for yellow. As in: yellow tomato blossoms, yellow zucchini blossoms and yellow...

The GNG teams wrestle with this question every week: Harvest today or leave it for the other team?

If you're one of the millions of Americans who take infinite pleasure from a fresh tomato-and-basil pasta sauce, a juicy BLT or a simple...

Here's a roundup of activity in the Good News Garden during August. The goal is to keep track of our planting timetable and yields...

While St. Andrew's Good News Garden is the focus of this blog, we can't overlook the slice of Illinois prairie that beckons everyone who...

Thanks to Dellana for spotting this tiny pollinator in the Good News Garden. For those of us who make every effort to lure these...

Earlier this summer, while slicing strawberries for a special-occasion shortcake, I grew increasingly annoyed. First one box, then the...

The Monday gardening team discovered the evidence as soon as they walked through the gate. The burgeoning bean patch, so healthy and...

When a prolific plot of beans signaled it was done after producing several pounds of green goodness, Good News Gardeners had a decision...

We are deep into the Dog Days of summer and that means our donations to the Downers Grove Area FISH pantry and the Downers Grove Public...

As any child who has seen the Peter Rabbit books knows, carrots are long, orange, conical vegetables topped by lacy green leaves. Except...

Here's a roundup of activity in the Good News Garden during July. The goal is to keep track of our planting timetable and yields...

Good News Gardeners are facing off against a nearly invisible foe that is attempting to suck the life out of our gorgeous tomato plants....

The Good News Garden was featured July 21 on the front page of the Downers Grove edition of the Suburban Life newspaper. The article and...

While most of us are well acquainted with leafy green vegetables such as lettuce, spinach and kale, chard may be a bit of a mystery. Also...

Here's a roundup of activity in the Good News Garden during June. The goal is to keep track of our planting timetable and yields...

Our Good News Garden is now in its second year of providing freshly grown vegetables to the community. It's also one of dozens of similar...