the garden

is going well. corn, okra, tomatoes, and cabbages grow in profusion and the marigolds look better and better every day. people are feeling really satisfied with their work and the pace is a lot less frenetic... thank goodness planting is, for the most part, over. still there are bumps in the road.

there's a guy who joined recently who's vision-impaired and has been walking all through other people's plots. so folks were freaking out and saying i should do something as coordinator, right? well, i can't exactly say, 'you can't come to the garden' (which is what some want me to say), because it's a community garden- anyone's eligible in my estimation. though i am going to ask him not to climb over the fence anymore, it sets a bad example- soon everyone will be climbing in to harvest (not ok). so instead, we have put up string fences around our plots and i have to admit, they're really cute. it's a blonde wood that we use for the posts (they were supposed to be tomato stakes, but we have those iron cages and other 'official' stakes and with the string, there's no way he won't be able to see or feel them if he heads into someone else's plot).

we placed him right up front, so why he's all over is beyond me- maybe he just wants to look... so now he can look safely. so far it's been working! let's hope that it continues to work to maintain peace in the garden. it's supposed to be a peaceful place. a joy.

yeah.