Community understanding and principles - This is a community garden. Participating in this garden means that the volunteers will attempt to visit the garden once a week with the members of their small team to water plants, pull weeds, and pick the harvest when necessary. As a community, we recognize that some weeks people are sick, people are out of town, and "life" happens. When volunteers are unable to visit the garden during their assigned time they are responsible for letting someone on their small-team know. As a community we will work together; this is not supposed to be something that makes one feel stressed, but rather is our opportunity to do something together that builds our bonds within 20/30 Vision, makes a statement to the larger community, and enables us to live healthy lives while caring for our earth.
Organization of the Garden and Work as a Community-
a) A request was made to members of UP to donate new or used tools for us to use over the summer.
b) Members of the garden will equally split the costs of seeds, soil, and set-up materials. The cost will be kept as low as possible, but also the ultimate goal will be lower grocery bills when we start having a harvest.
c) We had one "Garden Prep" day in May to plant seedlings and get things going. As many people who could attend were encouraged to come on this day.
d) Once the garden is established, we will divide into small teams. Every individual will be responsible for going to the garden sight (at the UP Parsonage) once a week to help in the maintenance and upkeep of the garden.
e) During harvest season(s), each Garden member will have a crate/paper bag with their name on it in the garage. Harvests will be divided equally among the crates/bags. When Garden members go to the site each week, they will be encouraged to check there bag for fresh veggies that they can take home!!! :) NOTE: We will have a crate/bag for Rev. Pat as a thank you for letting us use her yard!
The Garden Consists of:
Tomatoes (12 seedling)
Red Onion (6 seedlings)
Romaine Lettuce (6 seedling)
Beets (1 pack of seeds)
Summer Squash (1 pack of seeds)
Sweet Bell Peppers (6 seedlings)
Cucumber (1 pack of seeds)
Chives (1 pack of seeds)
And one mystery plant! (6 seedlings)
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