Community Gardens
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femkes_folliesSooooo.....
The Grand Haven Community Garden is designed as a facility that grows food for the needy with volunteer help. Which explains why it's an overgrown, weedy mess. Not that it's not a noble goal. It's just that you need to provide more motivation that that to get people involved. Other community gardens are full. This one.... not so much activity. The "Plant a Row for the Needy" program seems to have a better handle on the idea. As do a number of churches who just put out free produce at this time of year.
Whilst the GVSU Community Garden is more what I'm looking for. I need to contact them and see if A. They'll sell a plot to a non-student and B. if they have any available at the moment. I'd really like to get in a nice big plot of winter wheat and soon. (Yes, Lisa, I know you have lots of room. But I think it's a bit wet in the early spring. ;-) Maybe rice, though).
The Grand Haven Community Garden is designed as a facility that grows food for the needy with volunteer help. Which explains why it's an overgrown, weedy mess. Not that it's not a noble goal. It's just that you need to provide more motivation that that to get people involved. Other community gardens are full. This one.... not so much activity. The "Plant a Row for the Needy" program seems to have a better handle on the idea. As do a number of churches who just put out free produce at this time of year.
Whilst the GVSU Community Garden is more what I'm looking for. I need to contact them and see if A. They'll sell a plot to a non-student and B. if they have any available at the moment. I'd really like to get in a nice big plot of winter wheat and soon. (Yes, Lisa, I know you have lots of room. But I think it's a bit wet in the early spring. ;-) Maybe rice, though).
