i am going to help build a community garden tomorrow. recently, with the cooperation of a few groups, namely the Rogers Park Garden Group paired with the remainder of the Saving Sophia Garden group and Chicago Park District, the neighborhood was granted space within one of the small area parks to convert it to a community garden. through an easy application process and lottery system, i was pleased to find out i was awarded a spot. i have been so obsessed lately with immersing my self in a local food culture, between my own gardening endeavors, joining a CSA, scoping out local fruit trees for urban scavenging, and considering getting back into canning/preserving. i am very excited that all of these things were fairly easily accessible, especially the community garden. i think that there is getting to be more of a cultural push to be self sufficient again, which is right up my alley.
so, if you are interested, here is some suggested reading!
Can it All
Urban Fruit Foraging
Urban Gardening
great resource for chicagoans! the local beet
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