Starting a #CommunityGarden

Interested in gardening but either not sure how to get started or would rather not tackle starting a garden by yourself? Consider joining us at the Mountainair Community Garden. Come to our April 23 planning meeting and learn more. We'll be posting more details about the meeting. In the mean time, you can contact our Garden Manager, Master Gardener Joan Embree for more information, housemaven@comcast.net

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A community garden is a great way to get started in gardening if you've never planted or grown anything.

Question: Jolee,

Spring has arrived (down here anyway). I don't have much room for gardening out back and I definitely don't have a green thumb. You were recently involved in starting a community garden in Keller. Could you tell our readers how they could start a garden in their own community?

Answer: Jay

A community garden is a great way to get started in gardening if you've never planted or grown anything. For those of you that may not be familiar with its premise, it is a garden located in the community, perhaps on public land or maybe owned by a business or church. You can purchase a plot – some for as little as $1 – and they provide you with most of the things you need to grow your own produce. Most gardens provide you with a raised bed, compost and soil, mulch, water and other products for keeping pests away. Most community gardens are organic and do not allow pesticides or chemicals, and most of them give away a portion of their harvest. Some give away maybe just 10%, while others require 80% or more. Many times local food banks are the recipients of fresh produce from the local community garden.

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