Re: Questions re setting up a garden or orchard as a coop or club | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Fred H Olson (fholsoncohousing.org) | |
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 04:36:09 -0800 (PST) |
Randa Johnson <cohoranda [at] yahoo.com> is the author of the message below. It was posted by Fred, the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org> after deleting quoted digest and restoring subject line. Digest subscribers, please remember to do this on replies. -------------------- FORWARDED MESSAGE FOLLOWS -------------------- Our garden group is one of 4 affinity groups that take care of the common house and grounds. We have ended up using both community and personal funds for the garden: if a gardener wants something and the community isn't up to paying for it or doesn't have the cash, some gardeners and some other community members have chipped in. Some of the trees in our mini orchard we bought by me, and others by whatever members of the community were willing to chip in at the time. The garden produce is primarily for common meals, and goes to individuals if there is too much or the cooks don't want it. Our garden work hours count towards the 4 hours a month we all owe, and once a year we do a community work party for the garden. Our veggie garden space is small for divvying up into individual plots, so those of us who wanted to garden decided to make it for the community. We get community input on what to plant, but have final say. When we asked about fruit trees a fair number of people voted for types of fruit that were not suitable for the climate, or that they had never tasted and had no idea if they liked, so the garden group veto has been useful. Most of the community strongly supports the garden both because of the produce, and because it has been a selling point when new people are looking at the community. We have one vocal community member who would like to see community funds reserved for only the typical items you would see at a condo complex. There is always more work that the 4 of us in garden group can do, but we have managed to slowly expand our growing space by building raised bed, theoretically gopher proof the veggie garden, and improve the soil. We do have to chase down the cooks to offer them produce, and only a few community members are brave enough to do their own harvesting, but for the most part our system has worked pretty well. Randa Johnson New Brighton Cohousing Aptos, CA
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Re: Questions re setting up a garden or orchard as a coop or club Lynn Nadeau / Maraiah, November 16 2013
- Re: Questions re setting up a garden or orchard as a coop or club KJ, November 16 2013
- Re: Questions re setting up a garden or orchard as a coop or club Fred H Olson, November 21 2013
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