Community Gardens

I have been monitoring the community garden plots in the city on my lunch hour from work. I don’t know if it is appropriate to take photos since I don’t actually have a plot there...I probably will risk it one of these days.

It is interesting to see what each person decides to plant and how they go about it. You see some plots with just two or three veggies and some who are making real good use of their 17’ x 10’ plot and fitting in a whole slew of things.

Most people are growing a combination of tomatoes, green beans, onions, and/or peppers. There are a few potatoes, a few squash, one herb garden. There is one person growing almost all broccoli and cabbage. One is doing only the three sisters (corn, beans and squash). Some people are using a raised bed type technique, some using various types of mulch, some using different types of staking techniques for the tomatoes.

I like to compare my growth to theirs. The city tends to get better weather than I do, but I think my garden is growing better for the most part. One thing I notice is that some people have little seedlings of peppers, tomatoes and peas right now – seems they might have started a bit late - and no one is staking their peas either. Other people have big flowering beans and I’m jealous of that. Overall though, I think our garden is way cooler.