Guest guest Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Here's part two; I didn't want the previous post to get so long nobody would read it, 'cause I'm passionate about this next bit: Don't forget the pleasures of growing your own, * _which you can do even if you don't have a yard and have never gardened before. _* Most cities have community gardenss, places (fenced, hopefully) where you can rent a smallish garden plot for a ridiculously small amount pluss some occasional chores. I pay $20 a year for a plot that's 10x25 feet, and they provide tha water, the hoses, pre-season tilling, wood-chip mulch for the paths between plots, and tools. We do owe them one morning or.afternoon work party a month in the common areas of the garden, but those are a pleasure. The company's great (I've made some friends among the 23 others with plots there) and we've turned our commons into a real showplace, with flowers _everywhere_, dwarf apple trees, and a highly productive grape arbor where we can sit in the shade (and snarf grapes, you betcha. I take home the young l eaves for stuffed grape leaves, too.) As a group, my particular garden's folks have also built in some " green " and disabled-accessible features like group compost bins and a couple of raised beds that are at the right height for wheelchair users.. All season we have a recipe exchange, and at the end of the season all the city's community gardeners (many hundreds of us) come together for a huge potluck and grill-out with the mayor. My plot got hit hard by the storm here (I'm in Louisville), and I lost some frozen stuff when my power was off for days. But I did well this year, and have frozen a good bit of food for the winter, especially greens, and all of it organic and from soil I take care of organicallly. I'm not well and may eventually have to give it up, but I hope not; it feeds my spirit as well as my body. If you don't live in a city, see if a friend will let you rent space on her land, either just for you or with two or three others. (Paying is important, 'cause water isn't cheap, especially for a gropup. And organizing a fullsize community garden of 20 to 200 renters is a fulltime job Rain @@@@ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 we live in a small town, about 300 people, and live in the middle of a block. So we have just a standard size lot of land to live on. Anyway we felt it was really important to have a garden and the only place that was really good to put one was in the front lawn. So our garden is there taking up half of our front yard. It may not make for a pretty picture but it gave us a good harvest and we have quite a bit of canned, frozen and dried veggies to use through the winter. Cherie , bluezinnia wrote: > > Here's part two; I didn't want the previous post to get so long nobody > would read it, 'cause I'm passionate about this next bit: > > Don't forget the pleasures of growing your own, * _which you can do even > if you don't have a yard and have never gardened before. _* Most cities > have community gardenss, places (fenced, hopefully) where you can rent a > smallish garden plot for a ridiculously small amount pluss some > occasional > chores. > > I pay $20 a year for a plot that's 10x25 feet, and they provide tha water, > the hoses, pre-season tilling, wood-chip mulch for the paths between > plots, and tools. > > We do owe them one morning or.afternoon work party a month in > the common areas of the garden, but those are a pleasure. The company's > great (I've made some friends among the 23 others with plots there) and > we've > turned our commons into a real showplace, with flowers _everywhere_, > dwarf > apple trees, and a highly productive grape arbor where we can sit in > the shade > (and snarf grapes, you betcha. I take home the young l eaves for > stuffed grape > leaves, too.) > > As a group, my particular garden's folks have also built in some > " green " and disabled-accessible features like group compost bins and a > couple of raised > beds that are at the right height for wheelchair users.. All season we > have a > recipe exchange, and at the end of the season all the city's community > gardeners > (many hundreds of us) come together for a huge potluck and grill- out > with the > mayor. > > My plot got hit hard by the storm here (I'm in Louisville), and I lost > some frozen stuff > when my power was off for days. But I did well this year, and have > frozen a good > bit of food for the winter, especially greens, and all of it organic > and from soil I take > care of organicallly. I'm not well and may eventually have to give it > up, but I hope > not; it feeds my spirit as well as my body. > > If you don't live in a city, see if a friend will let you rent space on > her land, either > just for you or with two or three others. (Paying is important, 'cause > water isn't > cheap, especially for a gropup. And organizing a fullsize community > garden > of 20 to 200 renters is a fulltime job > > Rain > @@@@ > \ \ \ \ \ \ \ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 Cherie wrote: > we live in a small town, about 300 people, and live in the middle of > a block. So we have just a standard size lot of land to live on. > Anyway we felt it was really important to have a garden and the only > place that was really good to put one was in the front lawn. So our > garden is there taking up half of our front yard. It may not make for > a pretty picture but it gave us a good harvest and we have quite a > bit of canned, frozen and dried veggies to use through the winter. > Cherie VMANN: Do you switch sides the next summer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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