Kathryn 'Missy' Simnacher

There’s a gentle rain falling and I’m imagining how our community garden must be loving it. This idea started in March and one of the residents offered her vacant lot next to her house to use for a community garden. Once we had enough people interested, feverish work began. The compost was delivered, the soil was amended, water lines and drip irrigation with a controller was installed and now we have an incredible improvement to a lot that had no redeeming features. Sowing seeds and plants and now reaping the harvest has been wonderful. Getting to know our neighbors has been one of best results. We no longer just know the people right next door, but those from several blocks away. It’s made the neighborhood much smaller!