Community Garden Update
I got an email this week from the community garden people. I got half a plot! Although it’s only 4′x8′, it’ll give me a lot more planting space than I would have had otherwise. I have to go down next Saturday to fill out the paperwork and pay (only $5!) and help clean up the garden. I’m pretty excited about it. Today I have plans to drive by and see the garden – I know where it is, but I haven’t actually had a look at it yet. I think the best part of this garden for me is that it’s so close to home – literally 5 minutes away, which will make it easy to go by regularly and take care of things. I’m so excited!
In my next post I’ll share my seeedling set up. I have a bunch of little guys going – probably too many, but at least I’ll have lots to plant when the time comes.
Community Garden
I’ve been reading about community gardens recently. I think it would be a lot of fun to have one – to have so much space as well as get to know other people who enjoy gardening. So I decided to google community gardens in the city I live in to see if there were any close by. I was pleasantly surprised when I found out there is – it’s not the best area of the city but it’s in the same neighborhood where I went to high school and worked for awhile.
There was an email attached to the listing so I sent off one a week or two ago to find out the specifics. I got an email back this morning, so here are the details. Last year was their first season. It costs $10 for a season, there are 16 4′x16′ plots. They don’t allow pesticides and there are several rain barrels on site. Unfortunately she wasn’t able to tell me if they’d have any plots available – she won’t know til March.
So does this sound like a good community garden? The plots sound huge to me, and $10 doesn’t sound like much. I like the fact that it’s close by, about a 5 minute drive. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.
