“It relieves stress when you get your hands soiled in the dirt.”
Gail Tatangelo, Garden Organizer
Soup’s on in Ruidoso, New Mexico (population 8,029), and it’s the kids who are supplying the veggies. As part of a project at the Smokey Bear Ranger Station, middle and high school students are planning the garden, building the raised beds, and keeping the plantings on track. Kids as young as preschoolers are helping tend to the garden. The first planting includes all the ingredients in vegetable soup—potatoes, onions, carrots, tomatoes, corn, beans, squash, peas, cabbage, herbs, and greens—and will be donated to the Lincoln County Food Bank. Sounds delicious.
Ageless Garden
Not to be outdone by youngsters, folks at the Senior Center in Coventry, Rhode Island (population 33,668) are putting in a community garden. The bounty from their garden goes to the Coventry Food Bank, the Senior Center, and anyone who needs it. Last year the garden produced 1,102 pounds of food. The senior citizens also help out at the town’s large community garden, and this year they’re putting in a new garden at the Western Coventry Elementary School with the help of local Girl Scouts and seed money from a $1,000 KidsGardening.org grant. In this town, generating veggies and goodwill crosses all generations.
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