Hudson Community Garden

10/13/2026

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/how-to-prepare-your-vegetable-garden-for-winter-5-things-to-do-before-the-ground-freezes

Prepare your vegetable garden for winter with these 5 essential fall chores. Learn what to remove, what to leave, how to protect soil, and what to do before the ground freezes.

10/13/2026

Kale and collard greens are enormous! Kale will be harvested through December but most of the collards will be chopped up and added to my beds to compost over the winter. Amending your soil (with veggie scraps, mulched leaves, etc) in the fall for a successful spring planting is critical!

10/12/2026

More dahlias at the garden! If you want color in your garden in October, dahlias (and cosmos) are a good choice!

10/02/2026

Woolly bear caterpillars are on the move at the garden! This little one was trucking across the garden path at the gate. I moved it off to the side so it didn't get accidentaly stepped on. It eventually continued on its way to find its winter home. If you uncover one when cleaning your beds, move it to a place along the fence with lot of leaf litter where they can find a new spot. Don't bury them. https://www.farmersalmanac.com/woolly-bear-caterpillar-facts

10/02/2026

Invitation: Help launch the (new) Hudson Trails Group!!

Hudson is fortunate to have many organizations involved in creating and maintaining trails, from land conservation groups and Town departments to rail trail advocates, scout troops, and volunteer stewards. Each does great work, but there's currently no single place where everyone can come together. This is an invitation to participate in the creation of a town-wide trails group.

The Hudson Trails Group will focus on coordinating projects, sharing resources, and finding opportunities to expand our trails and the connections between them.

Some early projects we'd like to take on include:

** Developing a standard trail marker that the Town could adopt for use on all trails in town.

** Creating a volunteer liability waiver for work on Town land.
Building a contact list of organizations, individuals, social media groups, and newsletter editors to share trail news and volunteer opportunities.

** If you're interested, please email [email protected] by Sunday, October 11, with your name, any organization you're affiliated with, and the trail topics that interest you most. We'll then send a poll to everyone who responds to find a convenient time for a first remote meeting.

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09/25/2026

I posted some upcoming clean-up days at some Hudson Land Trust Properties. Due to the forecast, Saturday's event has been cancelled. Sunday is still on, but will be cancelled if it's an obvious downpour.

CANCELLED:
Saturday, September 26, 10 a.m. — Tripp’s Pond Join the Tripp’s Pond neighborhood to remove invasive saplings along the pond’s edge. Meet at the corner of River and Maple Streets.

NOT CANCELLED YET, BUT USE YOUR JUDGEMENT:
Sunday, September 27, 10 a.m. — Assabet River Nature Trail We’re returning to the Fossile property on the Nature Trail behind the High School to build on our previous restoration work and to prepare the site for native plantings. Meet in the Nature Trail parking lot off Chapin Road.
[NOTE: Organizer, Tom Green / Hudson Land Trust, plans to be there unless it's an obvious downpour. I will not be there due to a previous commitment. fwiw ]

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09/18/2026

It was a GREAT year for tomatoes at the garden which means hot and sunny! This is one of my favorite pics from an earlier season. Some of the tomatoes this year were as big if not bigger!

09/13/2026

Monarchs at the garden! Thank you to John and Cindy for planting lots of zinnias and to Heather who took the video and pic!

09/12/2026

Help us add native plants to public spaces in Town!

The Hudson Land Trust invites you to join us for three fall workdays to beautify public spaces around town. We’ll be clearing invasive species and planting native plants and shrubs, and we’d love your help. No experience needed, and every pair of hands makes a difference.

https://hudsonlandtrust.org/help-us-bring-native-plants-back-to-hudsons-public-spaces/

09/11/2026

Watermelon at the garden! It's an heirloom variety called Moon and weighed 32.4 lbs!