Pictures from my community garden

A close-up of our potatoes in the community garden

I live on a city lot that is less than 1/8 of an acre.  When we bought the house, the lot was measured in feet.  It has always seemed backward to this east-coast transplant that Montana is the land of the "wide open spaces" but also the home of teeny-tiny yards. I found out about my city's community garden program last year and rented a 25' x 30' plot for only $25, which included the water.  (In Montana we have to water at least three times a week in a normal year due to lack of rain!)  As you can see, the community garden is a fabulous deal!  ven though last year's garden wasn't as productive as we had hoped, it was a wonderful learning experience for us.  In addition to expanding our ability to grow food, we were also able to meet experienced gardeners and ask questions, which is always a great thing!

We have the same community garden plot this year, and last night we went there to hill up our potatoes (a "potato primer" post for my friends who have never grown potatoes will come in a few days!).  Here are a few pictures from last night's family work party.  Because of the expanded garden we have in our backyard, we gave 1/4 of the plot to a friend of ours so that they could get their feet wet in gardening as well.

You can almost see that I divided the garden into four sections.  In the upper right are potatoes, in the lower right is corn, the lower left is our friend's section, and the upper left is filed with squashes, cucumbers, and melons.

It's never too late to learn how to water!  Here is my 4 yo crazy man manning the hose.

 

My dear, sweet mountain man going for yet another wheelbarrow full of grass clippings for the potatoes.