wool & stars

Our com­mu­nity gar­den plot, “before.” The plot is 1/2 size–about 200 square feet. The com­mu­nity gar­den is divid­ing all newly avail­able plots in half to accom­mo­date more of the peo­ple on the wait­ing list. Which is great, since oth­er­wise we prob­a­bly wouldn’t have a space yet, even after 3 years on the list.

This photo shows the ground after the ini­tial clear­ing, with a few herbs that we saved from our last two moves, planted in the right-hand cor­ner: thyme, sage, chives, and laven­der. Near the herbs is a pot of straw­ber­ries that I plan to divide and plant along the bor­der. There are rasp­ber­ries along two sides of the gar­den, which will pro­vide a bit of wel­come privacy–the plot is right up against a busy side­walk. Pri­vacy for what, you ask? For sit­ting and watch­ing the gar­den grow!