Changing Empty Inner City Lots To Community Gardens
July 8th, 2011
One night all the neighbors come together with garbage bags and tillers. Once the ground is clear and the earth tilled all neighbors can participate pouring planting soil, organic manure and remixing the earth. Communities across America can develop projects that alone is impossible but in a group is easy. Even a large garden in an empty lot can reinvigorate the community.
Planting kid-friendly foods such as potatoes, pumpkins, green and yellow beans, cucumbers, corn, tomatoes and strawberries insures a high yield of kid and finicky eater produce for the entire neighborhood. These plants grow easily in drought, rainy weather, sun and shade. Each night the community visits the site to water, feed, weed and complete their assigned chores. Before the heat of August sends everyone to their air conditioned rooms, the garden will yield corn, green and yellow beans, cucumbers and strawberries.
Community gardens are easy work once they are established. Young children and the elderly can participate in the gardens health. Community members take pride in this accomplish that raises community awareness and camaraderie everywhere the garden grows. That empty lot will transform your neighborhood all year long as a playground with pot luck after the growing season.
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