Workin in da garden

This morning I went to Wise Words Community Garden and harvested for an hour. There was a NOLA Green Roots member there and I really should have struck up a conversation with her, she seemed very nice. But it was very early (7 am) and I was in a pensive mood. We harvested arugula, green onions, mustard greens and some peppers. I wish I had talked to the member because it was my chance to try to get to know the group of people NOLA Green Roots serves. Alas, hopefully I will have another chance. I went back in the afternoon and did some office work; reorganized their filling system, added events to their online calendar. I learned today that NOLA Green Roots is going to build another garden, to be run and managed by a private development company. This is the model which the ED wants to use to expand the business; NOLA Green Roots uses their expertise to build and start community gardens which it then hands over to be run by someone else. This is truly aligned with their mission; building sustainable communities through gardens. Right now NOLA Green Roots has built three gardens and manages them all (from which they get veggies and stuff for their members). But I think we need gardens everywhere! So using their expertise to start new gardens is a great idea.