“I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.”
~W. C. Fields~
In the early 1970s, the Picardo Family Farm (located in Seattle's glorious Wedgwood neighborhood) started a community gardening program that assisted urban gardeners in growing food for themselves and their community. These shared plots of land were collectively known as P-patch gardens. This became hugely successful in a short amount of time and the city of Seattle adopted the program and to start new P-patchs throughout the rest of the city. Today, there are over 54 P-patch gardens providing thousands of urban farmers with the means to sow, tend, and harvest food for themselves, their friends, local food banks, and for assisted living programs. Doesn't it make you feel warm and fuzzy on the inside?
I had the pleasure of sharing a plot with two seasoned (pun intended) gardeners this year in the Magnuson Park P-patch. Additionally, I tended a plot that was set aside to produce veggies for the local food bank. Truth be told, it was a tough year for everything except beets. Why? I don't know...
Lets have a seat, shall we?
The bounty of a pleasant fall harvest:
And so heres to you, summer...when the air was a bit warmer, when the sun was a smidge brighter, and each day lasted for what seemed like forever.
You stay classy, Seattle. I'm Jake Dodge?
2 comments:
This blog makes me weepy for Seattle. I miss so much of it, and not just the Pottery Barn, although I do believe U-Village is the epicenter. When will my feet touch Burke trail? Soon, very soon.
Madre
My feet just touched the BG for about 8 miles worth. It was yummy! I think I'll just drive down to U-Village and get some shopping done...Tu hijo menor.
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