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get started. Now the garden has pret- ty much taken on a life of its own, to the tune of families clamoring every January to plant what eventually will be that year’s bounty. Each family receives a plot inside the garden – which is made up of 30 plots – and a starter kit. What’s inside the kit? Accord-
ing to Degnen, it’s everything from the family’s individual plot location to photos of plants that might work well to harvest information and dates. Families are able to grow whatever they want, be it flowers or vegetables. Te only rule is that you must take care of your plot. “Plots must be weeded and
harvested on time,” Degnen com- mented. “And these little gardens produce so much food! We use the proper soil and irrigation so it yields plenty, so people can give vegetables to neighbors.” But besides enough summer to- matoes to dress any salad or sandwich that comes along, the garden has done just what Degnen was hoping to ac- complish in the I’On community. “Small children walk through it a lot; I can’t believe how many people visit it,” he mused. “My
point was to create something that gets people together.” Meanwhile, on Sullivan’s Island, next to the Edgar Allan Poe branch of the Charleston County Library, another community garden has been in existence for the last two years. Resident and garden lover Carlsen Huey, along with a few earthy friends, got the project off the ground, literally. “A couple of us who were kicking
around the idea of a garden emailed Carl Smith, our former mayor, and attended a council meeting to garnish support,” said Carlsen the day we walked around the garden. “Smith suggested this location, by
the library. And the city graciously of- fered to supply us with free water,” he pointed out. Once plans were in full effect,
the Sullivan’s garden came together quickly. Te team decided on raised beds, since the soil is rocky and sandy. Councilman Pat O’Neill donated the lumber for the beds, and the wood was fashioned into 11 foot x 4 foot boxes, spaced apart so that “mowers can fit in between and you can pick vegetables along the bed,” Carlsen said.
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