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

[John Beutler (jabeutler]

At Liberty Village in MD we have a chicken club that works well on the basis 
you suggest.

Our orchard was less explicitly organized, with some trees funded by the 
community and some bought by individuals. We have had poor production of fruit 
and difficulty keeping pests and fungi down.

Your results may vary. We think northern climates are better for organic fruit 
production. Our veggie garden is doing fine, with mostly individual plots and a 
few collective things like corn.

JAB

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On Nov 6, 2013, at 11:10 AM, Bob Morrison <rhmorrison [at] aol.com> wrote:

> 
>  We are considering setting up a small orchard on common land as a club, that 
> is, a setup where a subset of the group forms a club, pays a monthly fee to 
> be in the club, does the work, and gets the fruits (literally) of our labors. 
> Have any other cohos set up a club or co-op like this to create and run a 
> fruit orchard? If so, how did it work out? Did the entire community put up 
> any money for this, other than the use of the land? How long did it take to 
> work out the "kinks"? Are any of them really successful? To what extend did 
> community members outside the club help with the work? 
> 
> 
> 
> Bob Morrison
> Mosaic Commons Cohousing
> Berlin, MA
> 
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