My garden looks fantastic and I have to share (brag). My mother and I garden this community garden plot together. I notice that some of the well cared for plots have two or more people working it. Our space is roughly 20 feet X 32 feet.

This plot has expanded my ‘backyard habitat’. I have had encounters with Colorado Potato Beetles, Mexican Bean Beetles, American Toads, voles, groundhogs, dragonflies, damselflies, bees, and more to come. I haven’t encountered any of the above animals in my backyard.

It is after starting a community garden plot that I wrote my A Seasonal Gardener’s Handbook because I realized I needed to organize what I know about garden ecology.

Kentucky Wonder Pole Beans in my community garden plot.

Cucumbers, peppers, and basil in Square Foot Gardening layout. My Community garden plot.

A variety of paste tomatoes – Amish, San Marazano, and Roma in a Square Foot Gardening layout.

What I try to prove with my blog is that we are nature and are in nature all the time. And that we don’t have to go far afield to observe and learn about the world we live in.

There is something about seeing food growing that gives humans a deep sense of calm, satisfaction and contentment. Enjoy!

Sunflowers, snapdragons, zinnias in my community garden vegetable plot. Photo by Donna L. Long.

Marigolds and salvias in a Square Foot Garden layout. My community garden vegetable plot.

Snapdragons, sunflowers in my vegetable community garden plot. Photo by Donna L. Long.

Note: I use the Method by Mel Bartholomew for my vegetable/fruit garden.

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A Seasonal Gardener’s Handbook is my book on creating your own gardening calendar which follows the rhythms of Mother Earth.