Have you ever wanted to plant a vegetable or flower garden but didn’t have the room in your yard? If so, no worries. There is another solution here. You and your neighbors can always turn an unused piece of land into a community garden.
Find out how to start a community garden below:
Step One: Find People to Start This Garden With
- The best way to find participants for the community garden is to organize a meeting with some of your friends and neighbors who are just as interested as you. If you believe that there are enough people who want to create a community garden, make a decision together to go ahead and start one.
Step Two: Pick Out a Kind of Garden
- Once you have decided as a group that you want to start a community garden, you need to select a type of garden. For starters, do you want a vegetable garden, a flower garden or a combination of both? Will the garden be organic or not? Is each member going to have their own plot or will everyone work on the land together? How will the community garden get its seeds, gardening tools and other equipment? Will local businesses donate these items? These are important questions to think about ahead of time.
Step Three: Select a Site
- Scout out different sites around town that have a water source. Also, if you are growing vegetables you will need to find a spot that will get at least six full hours of sunlight daily. When you finally have picked a site you like, talk to the owner of the land about using or leasing the property.
Step Four: Lay Down Some Ground Rules
- To make sure that the community garden is successful, you will need to set some ground rules. This includes everything from deciding what will happen to a member if they neglect their plot to what the maintenance of the common areas are.
Step Five: Prepare the Land
- Now that you’ve decided on the land, test out the soil to see what nutrients it may need. You can even find kits for this at local gardening centers. From there, gather up everyone to clean, fertilize and till the land.
Step Six: Plant the Crops
- Lastly, you need to plant whatever crops you’ve decided on as a group, whether that is flowers, vegetables or fruits.
Reference:
http://www.howcast.com/videos/316380-How-To-Start-a-Community-Garden/
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