Part of the space is dedicated to a community garden. It is located near the main shelter but separated from it. Although it is the end of the season, some plants are still hanging on as long as they can.
A few fall flowers are holding up their end of the garden plot.
Many of the other plants have moved to a winter home so that they will be ready in the spring to give a little boost to next years crop.
The garden is at the back of the house. Although the garden is not a part of the home, the view from the garden shows that the home is still a working place for country living.
These are the rules for the community garden.
What a sweet looking community garden as it goes into the winter season. I especially like the collection of compost bins. That will be great for amending the soil when you plant in the spring! What is your soil like? Here in Grand Island, New York, our soil is full of heavy clay, and drainage tends to be poor. We have found that making little hills for seedlings works well and the excess water goes to the valleys between the seedlings so that the baby plants are not drowned in a rainfall!
We have a great variety of soil types around here. When a subdivision is built here, it is often over previous farm land. First they scrape off all of the top soil and sell it. They scrape right down to the clay. When they are finished they level out the ruts and bury the scrap material before laying down rolls of sod. If you want a garden you have to buy more topsoil.
Neat community garden. And I love those fall flowers!
We don’t have community gardens like this here in Bakersfield, so I really enjoyed this visit with you. I love seeing what is going on in the community – and love seeing the guidelines for the members. I wish we had one here! Today I am going to the Windwolves Preserve about 45 minutes away. I didn’t know they have a herd of 300 Tule Elk, which is the only Elk indigenous to the State of Califonia! They were almost extinct but a reserve about a half hour away protected them and has been creating herds up and down the state’s central valley. So interesting! I’ll be sure to take photos if I see any!
I hope you can include some pictures of them in a post here.
I like community gardens and the one lonely pepper looks like ours. Did you see my Wordless Wednesday hiking blog? It reminded me of some of your hikes!
Yes Martha I did see your excellent post. That must have taken hours to pull it all together.
The pictures are beautiful and the storyline ties it all together.
You can tell a great story with your beautiful pictures.