Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Questions re setting up a garden or orchard as a coop or club

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Nov 13, 2013, at 6:36 PM, Melanie Mindlin <sassetta [at] mind.net> wrote:

> What I have most appreciated about my experience is the community's 
> willingness to include the garden expenses in overall budget without 
> requiring careful calculation about what exactly is the financial payoff.  
> They recognize, along with me, that there is value in building up the garden 
> soil, and the experience of growing and preparing food from our own garden.  
> I enjoy the comraderie when someone works on a garden task with me, and the 
> sense that we can grow quite a bit of food in our 2,000 square feet of garden 
> beds. 

It seems you do have a huge amount of gardening space and a willingness to 
produce enough food for yourself and the community. Two unusual conditions. 

I wonder if you have done any surveys of residents to know that everyone feels 
that the trade off of using the garden produce and the land this way is equally 
beneficial?

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org