Cohousing-L Mailing List: Gardening community [was: 12 Unit Cohousing - Too Small?

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Dear Grace, I would really like to know more about this gardening community
building cottages.  Where could I learn more about them?  Where will they
be?  Are they just making produce, or will there be any animals used for
food?

thank you in advance,
melanie

> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 04:03:16 +0000
> From: Grace Kim <grace [at] schemataworkshop.com>
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ 12 Unit Cohousing - Too Small?

> I?m working with a group in nearby small town who will be building 1200sf
> cottages. They will farm 4 acres together with their homes
> interspersed...and I suspect it will take all 28 households to chip in to
> take care of all the crops and orchards they are planning in order to
> provide produce for their community dinners. They are recruiting new
> members who have a value around gardening, small batch food production, and
> environmental stewardship of their land.
>
> In my community, we benefit from a summer bounty from our 2000sf urban
> rooftop due to the hard work of one individual and her occasional team of
> 2-3 helpers. Different people/different scale.
>
> That is the beauty of cohousing - each community caters to the
> interests/needs of the residents.
>
>
> grace h. kim
> schemata workshop
> (sent via mobile messaging)
> 206.795.2470
>