Visit to a community garden
On Friday we visited the local community garden where we hope to secure a plot this spring. We wanted to check out the plot sizes and general condition of the gardens, and found some inspiration too!
This hoop house covered the entire plot, which we eyeball at 8′ x 16′. They used PVC pipe ribs which were pushed down into the ground against the wood border, and supported by 2’x4’s in the middle and along the top.
They used plastic film, though in talking with a neighbouring gardener, it seems the plastic gets too warm and damp inside. I will likely use heavy row cover in the winter and then switch to light-weight row cover in the summer to maintain air circulation.
However, check out this amazing bounty (see pic below) these gardeners are growing in mid-Februrary.
Another garden plot is growing some kind of kale… perhaps Red Russian? I don’t think it’s a tree collard or tree kale, but I guess our winters are so mild that it’s turned into a tree. The ‘trunk’ was almost 2″ thick!
