With autumn just around the corner, so is harvest time. As farmers ready themselves for the busiest time of year, tenders of a much smaller patch of land are too preparing.
Barrhead’s community garden looks much different than it did a few months ago when it opened to the public. It has transformed from piece of untilled land, to separated plots, to small and delicate sprouts.
Now most of the plots have recently exploded with vegetables. Zuchinis, potatoes, cabbages, carrots, peas. Beans, onions, lettuce, corn, beets. The list goes on.
For the past few weeks, volunteers with FCSS have given their time to nurture the growing gardens. They weed where necessary, and pick the ripened vegetables.
There are some however that look bare and dead compared to the rest, due to flooding in lower areas of the land.
Though some of the plots were flooded and the vegetables were unable to grow, that wasn’t the end for the unlucky gardeners who own them.
Those who could not tend to their own gardens turned their attention to plots run by FCSS and the County of Barrhead.
They lent a helping hand wherever they could, and advice where it was needed. Drowned gardens became the reason for teamwork and community closeness.
They work together, and they learn together.
It truly is a community garden.
