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Wingham, surrounding communities, help garden
the Maitland River Community the garden are always looking for
Church in the north end of more volunteers or eager beginners
Wingham. Beard says those running willing to learn.
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The Wingham Community Garden thrives on the work of volunteers like the 4-H group above
and donations and grants, like the Ontario Trillium Grant being given to the project below, to
allow the site to produce food for the North Huron Food Share. (File photos)
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• Excavating
• Bulldozing
• Septic Systems
• Drainage
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Wingham are handling the garden's
transplants under the auspices of
teacher Julie Baker.
The educational value of the
garden has been immeasurable,
Beard says. One of the first lessons
came from nationally -renowned
seed expert Kim Delaney of
Hawthorn Farm near Palmerston.
Beard says the garden uses only her
seeds and she has also made a
presentation to the club working on
the garden.
"People don't know how to grow
their own food anymore," Beard
said. "Now people are all learning
how to grow high-quality
vegetables"
He also points out that few people
even keep small vegetable gardens
any longer, opting instead
for flowerbeds and decorative
gardens.
The educational aspect of the
garden has also presented an
opportunity to explore new ideas as
well. Beard said that last winter
those working with the garden
planted cover crops to help protect
the soil, a relatively new tactic that is
only beginning to be used
extensively.
Beard says that while it's still
early in the process, planting the
cover crops of oats and peas over the
winter seems to have paid off.
The garden is expanding all the
time, Beard says, to reach further
and accomplish more.
The 4-H club planted a crop of
strawberries, although they were
eaten by birds. The club is now
looking into netting for the bed so
members can try to grow
strawberries for a second time.
Beyond that, those working with
the garden are growing plants that
attract pollinators and installing wild
bee hives to improve the natural
pollination process.
The garden is located behind the
Libro Credit Union and just south of
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