All for community gardens. Especially ones that include fruit trees! One thing that bothers me about Fritz's garden is all of that bare unloved ground. Any type of ground cover would help to keep it healthy and perhaps be ready for crop rotation. It also helps maintain soil moisture which has become an issue for some areas.
The bare ground is wood chips covering access paths wide enough for wheelbarrows. It allows us to have mounded/raised beds that are not walked on or compressed and in fact has increased productivity. Personally I would narrow them a bit but that's a group decision I suppose. Using wood chips also means we can move the cover and compost it too ... works rather well. We have a very efficient irrigation system and make tons of compost.
Wonderful article on your community garden. Out west we have some community gardens that give out plots but your harvesting and donating idea goes beyond that. It is sad to see that food insecurity is on the rise.
This looks like an excellent community garden project. It's great that you donate the produce to food banks.
All for community gardens. Especially ones that include fruit trees! One thing that bothers me about Fritz's garden is all of that bare unloved ground. Any type of ground cover would help to keep it healthy and perhaps be ready for crop rotation. It also helps maintain soil moisture which has become an issue for some areas.
The bare ground is wood chips covering access paths wide enough for wheelbarrows. It allows us to have mounded/raised beds that are not walked on or compressed and in fact has increased productivity. Personally I would narrow them a bit but that's a group decision I suppose. Using wood chips also means we can move the cover and compost it too ... works rather well. We have a very efficient irrigation system and make tons of compost.
Thanks for the reply! I understand that there needs to be a little give and take when working with a group. :-)
Wonderful article on your community garden. Out west we have some community gardens that give out plots but your harvesting and donating idea goes beyond that. It is sad to see that food insecurity is on the rise.