I drove my son to the bank and on the way home, I had to turn the car around and have him snap this photo. I’m standing on my plot, the one I’ve worked since 2013. You can see all the land behind me that was turned over recently. We grew from 10 to 84 plots.…
I just moved 40′ of fencing and posts and all of this basil. Why? To make way for work to be done in my city’s community garden. In the past, we’ve had until very late in the season to tear down, leaving time for fall crops to grow and for summer crop seeds to dry. This year, we…
When I got my community garden plot, I searched my ‘garden drawer’ for seeds. I found kale. Why? I have no idea. I have no past relationship with kale. I read about kale, see it at the stores, but I’ve never consumed kale. Until this June. I was successful in starting kale in a milk…
It’s true. Having a child is a lot like having a garden. There is gestation time and birth; there is germination and harvest. You have complications along the way, you have complications along the way. I’ve never gotten broccoli this large before. The weather is working in my favor this year.
I want to make comments about the community garden at the next city council meeting, so I’m reflecting on where the praise should go. >My husband thinks the praise goes to me. That’s what I’ve overheard him tell people — that I single-handedly created the program. As if.< The winner of the community garden program…