From:
Lee Einer
Date:
Oct 21 13:00 UTC
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It's the end of the growing season, time to look back and assess, time
to look forward and plan.
My observation is that while there was consensus that a community garden
is a good thing, most participants voiced a common issue- "I have my own
garden, and it needs attention. I can't keep neglecting it to come over
here and work on this one."
Maybe we should redefine our community garden.
If our community garden is a patch of Miguel Angel's property which
competes for time and attention with gardens on our own properties, then
self-interest dictates that our gardens will win, que no?
What if the community garden is not a limited physical patch of soil,
but is rather the collective term for all of our gardens? What if the
activity of "community gardening" involved coming together on each
garden for workshops and major projects, getting done quickly and con
gusto those large and burdensome tasks which are hard to do alone, as
well as coming together on various plots to learn together how to do
earthworks, build an horno, plant for microclimates, or whatever we
collectively determine we need/want to learn? we could be planting trees
one week, building a rock wall the week after that, building cold
frames the week after that, all benefiting from each other's skills and
knowledge, all of our gardens improved as a result.
Is this an idea worthy of further consideration?
--
Lee
If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable. - Kurt Vonnegut