The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-03-13, Page 77•
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Shareholders can expect at least 40 different. vegetables
•from.page 19A it takes more than green thumb
and picked -up •or delivered the expertise to manage the garden.
same day they ere harvested.Select-
Oney y � p ., Boblob"spends .many. lours select
ne share will provide fresh ling seeds from the Canadian
vegetables from June to October ' organicgrowere seed catddo et
for a family of four, and a wiry - organizing crop: rotations,; trying
ter supply of storage crops (like oft new varieties, growing,.
carrots, beets, onions, turnips, favorite vegetables, and making
potatoes etc). They can expect sure, that there isample food for
as many as 40 different vegeta.- all the shareholders.
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....blas, with. several varieties, as "It's really complicated to.
Nell as pick. your, own herbs. ` have a reasonable ,quantity and.
Membersalso receive newsier- assortment of produce: twice a,
tem, and :a variety of :cooking week for 1.7 weeks in a row.
tips and recipes from Bev. Logistically ou -don't use a•
p The 1 ,�"
The Budds have learned that- huge amount ofequipment or
acres,, but there's a lot
c�o�f� Plan- $3,000with non-iuterrst. cans. with half a shy Cana00 e c
fling and hand work," he says. from some of the members :to and spend two -.fid -half hours in
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The Budds believe that one buy an.iigation system. the garden each and do all their
of. the garden's greatest Last fall members produced rtkcipatln . tittle is .ahorn-
resources is people powers More Than, a. Cookbook as a inga�
Members help toweed gardens, fund raising project. They .are participating in
o the garden
pick pick peasand harvest potatneeese available for sale at
Cooker's , ram is more -program than an oh
, ha -
Parents bringtheir, Mercantile and errenwood �t
in , " o
• o�:� �®r a way to save a e
few dli
the' ardent. to lean. a." children to • Merc
more ,about - Ooderieh and health frond: storeslags. Its u� yii� ,o to share
s • ,� an opportunity
bow their food is grown, in "nghami and.Stratford. • in the stewardship iof the .la
g dsltp land
Members organize fund raisR Members can pay a partici- and
a d to friendships,
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bigro°e is and acquire needed • pating or non -participating fee h t whether i be picking peas or
mterials -for the arden. Two. 5Q. `off for 1,0 hours of labour
;pa enjoying acorn roast, ' . .
years` ago, when a dry spells and -Bev, sayS, "People can come
dry Y . �. .� The�i�e have been�� some great
threatened Ale sumrner crop,out at a.in a . war i-
... u� • w rk . n the connections .made in the garden
they went to;work and raised garden for two :hours. A couple ` - "
. P over participating mornings*"
Bev says. "It's a sense of .com-
munity. People get to know each.
other and what they're doing."
Bob adds, 4'?ou can have peo-
ple do : the worst' jobs in the
world like picking peas or
weeding onions m the things that
are tedious for me,. and they just
love it. This is such a help to me
because" the season wears you
out, .so I don't have to worry
about •those. jobs."
The membership brochure
notes, "Our' system tries to . be
fair -to everyone. The growers ,
know they will get paid for their
labours, shareholders know
where and how their food is
- - grown and .if itis a poor year for
peas...it'll probably be .a good
year for sweet corn. Lastly, the
soils that grew the sweet corn
this year will be there to grow
potatoes next-year...and. carrots
the next."
There's more to this garden ..
than its organic mandate. The
philosophy behind the project is
that of sharing; and recognizing
• that all members'have a stake in
the garden's success.
The Buddsspend a great deal
of time studying and learning
,about this lifestyle and. farming
concept.
: - Over Christmas they spent
-. sixfauns'weeks in England and
Scotla.nd taking part in the
Willing Workers on Organic
Farms exchange program where
they visited six small organic
"They don't make very much
money," Bob notes. "They're
very holistic. They seem to do a
lot of things within the -.commu-
nity. They haven't focussed
strictly on production."
Bob and Bev experienced
this community connection after
they -spent a December day
hauling straw bales on a small
farm inDorset, England. Bob
recalls, I couldn't figure out
why we had to take a big pile of •
bales from one place and move
it to another." The bales were
moved into shed and stacked_
against the' walls.' Small animals:
were moved into the -shed. `
"In the end they had a carol
sing and' we had set up the star
ble. They haddone this. for 20
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