Most of my mid-mornings these days allow for time to inspect the daily growth of the garden and think about how happy I am at this house because of the amount (although still small at 40′ x 25′ and another track of 5′ x 15′) full-sun, productive garden space….and, honestly, it truly fuels getting a bunch of other things done the rest of the day. Today, in preparing for contributing to my friend Katie Jett Walls’ enjoyable blog, One Per Week, that often highlights her apartment’s balcony garden space, I remembered how I had just enough space at my rented houses in DC to have a nice herb garden – and only after much work on the soil. Fortunately, I had plenty of produce for most of those years since I operated a CSA program that grew into a health food store; however, I remember still having the urge to get into the soil every Spring beyond my tiny space and to be part of a community doing the same.
Three years in a row I signed up to get a Glover Park community garden plot to only be offered a space in late June. Lesson learned – put in more than one application. Since then, I’ve learned about a lot more urban gardening initiatives and wanted to share some great comprehensive lists of community gardens in the area. Thanks to the Field to Fork Network for their excellent map of community gardens in D.C. And if you’re looking for a community garden in Maryland or Virginia, Kathy Jentz of the Continue reading
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