McMinnville's Community Garden Needs Help!

I was driving down 2nd Street today and something caught my eye -- was I really seeing mules harnessed to a plow on a bare lot in the suburbs? Curiosity got the best of me and I turned around hoping the camera in my purse was fully charged. What I found was an inspiration--the McMinnville Community Garden is constantly being relocated by our rapid development and robust growth and this is the new location for now. Plowing with mules turned out to be an excellent idea, but the larger mule had a much better plan for the day and refused to budge. (Was he a Realtor in a former life?)

I was given a brief update on the Community Garden by the volunteer Master Gardeners who, along with the Salvation Army, sponsor the event. Each person who wants to grow their own vegetables is given two rows. One row to grow fresh vegetables for their own consumption and another to grow produce which they must donate to the local Food Bank which supplies food and household products to the local charities for distribution to low income families. Talk about a win-win situation!

I also heard a plea for help: the Master Gardeners (above left) are trying to create good, arable soil in the new plot and are woefully short on funds and adequate tools. So yes, this is a call for donations to keep this community asset available to our less fortunate citizens. And, if anyone in McMinnville has a bit of land where the Community Garden could locate permanently please let me know. If you can help, don't send donations to me, just send me an email and I'll find out where to best direct your help.