Caring Community

Vegetables are popping out all over the place and we encourage you to pick what you need for your family. It looks like more people are  picking at Aptiv. That's great!

There's nothing a gardener loves more than seeing plants they've cared for over several months produce corn or cucumbers, beans or eggplants. Few veggies pop right up, so we have a long time to consider when they'll be ready and how we can prepare them.

For community victory gardeners, the joy also comes from knowing SOMEone will get a meal or a favorite treat, even if they don't know how to grow it or don't have the money to pay for it.

That's why what happened on September 1 at the Hogan garden is so frustrating, maddening, saddening.

One of our garden volunteers was walking past the garden Monday evening and found two boys selling vegetables

They were selling Victory Garden vegetables (which are FREE). They had picked pretty much everything, including potatoes and beans that were ready AND squash, peppers, and eggplants that were not ready to be picked. 

Worse, people had apparently paid the boys for the free vegetables. When our volunteer talked to them about their actions, they didn't really seem that concerned, pulling out a big wad of cash that they were going to use to buy treats at Ranison.

Please help us look after this community resource. Don't buy free vegetables. Watch over the garden. Help educate children about community care. Please. 

There may be time for some things to come back; new little eggplants are pushing out, for example. But, in the meantime, if you live in the Hogan neighborhood and need vegetables, try the Aptiv or City Hall gardens (Aptiv is bigger). Bring your kids and let them help.