Trying to get an early start on the garden plots

[onfruitstreet]

I'm behind on getting seeds started, but I'm trying to get my garden plots tidied up and ready. Buggy before the horse.

I biked to the plots, thank you very much. Damned near killed me, but I did it. (And one of my lifetime goals is to bike across the country?)

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[onfruitstreet]

If you don't have a community garden, start one! It's awesome. Community garden setups differ from city to city. The one here is so great. Plots are about $15 for the YEAR. The first year you garden, you are allowed only one plot. If you want to garden after the first year, you can sign up for as many as, I believe, four plots. There is a "community garden" shed that houses all the tools you might need to garden--rakes, hoes, shovels, lawnmowers, etc. Use of anything in the shed is included in your fee. You do have to put in two hours of "community garden" time, but there are lots of opportunities to get that in--helping turn compost, sharpening tools, contributing to the newsletter, being a volunteer at something akin to "community garden visitors' day," weeding the plot that is dedicated to the Survival Center, delivering produce to the Survival Center, etc., etc. Water faucets are placed every four plots or so, and they provide the hose to do the watering. It really is an awesome way to garden if you don't have access to a home garden.