Home and Community Gardens
Home and Community Gardens Introduction Home and community gardens are not only a wonderful way to exercise and experience the outdoors they provide food and sustenance for ourselves, our family, neighbors and often those in need. Gardens can be of many shapes and sizes. The can focus on vegetables or berries or even flowers for pollinators. Whatever type the garden might be it is an adventure to plan and put them in place. When growing begins the rewards and challenges that come along can provide hours of interesting activity. In today’s world vegetables and other foods are often transported great distances. In some cases even the simplest of staple foods may be carried half way around the world before they arrive in the stores. When fruits and vegetables are gathered from a home or community garden they are fresh and ready to eat. This guide gives a general overview of how to set up one of these gardens. Also included are short lists of...