Hello,
I've been on this list for a little while now and have been reading all
the great discussions going on. I'm very interested in starting a community
garden in my neighborhood and may soon (within the next two or three years)
have the chance to help design and get one going. I live in a working-class
suburban type area and would love to use the garden to teach others how to
grow vegetables and they could then transfer that knowledge to their own
backyards (right now I have my own small 6x6 veggie garden in my yard but I
admit I still have a lot to learn myself). Anyway, I managed to convince my
county commissioners to build a park in our neighborhood for the kids(they
allocated $200,000 for the project), and after speaking to the guy in charge
of the project in the parks dept. he said it would be possible to put in a
community garden (as a part of the park) as long as they had the spare land
to do so. So how many square feet do you think I can estimate would be
needed for a small community garden? If they do have the space-how should
we design the garden? Basically, my neighbors and I would have the unique
opportunity of designing the garden ahead of time and starting completely
from scratch. So I'm looking for ideas on what we might need and putting it
all to the best possible use. Such as: what type of fencing is best?
How should we initially amend the soil, what should we use? How wide should
the path to walk through the garden be? What would you do if you had this
opportunity???
Janel
This life is a test... had it been a real life you would
have recieved instuctions on where to go and what to do.
Angela Chase
My-So-Called-Life
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