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Radishes, Snap Peas and Beets, Oh My!
Sequim’s Community Garden Grows…
Many beds of potatoes are in flower, snap beans are coming along, and even corn and tomatoes look like they will make a crop on the 24 plots that were rented this first year of the Community Organic Garden of Sequim (COGS), a special project of Friends of the Fields. Under the committed leadership of Liz Harper, most of the gardeners are happily enjoying home-grown organic produce. Radishes were, of course, first off the blocks, and hearty broccoli, lettuces, kohlrabi, beets, cauliflower, snap peas and carrots have been harvested. The grasses that previously inhabited the site are not giving up without a struggle, but that is expected to ease with each new planting season.
The garden is looking very permanent and settled since the Sequim Sunrise Rotary Club's recent completion of a fine cedar board fence. And some folks who had never grown a vegetable before are looking like good gardeners after receiving training in organic crop production techniques and methods by Pam Larsen. Unrented plots have been planted with the intention to donate extra produce to the Sequim Food Bank.
What’s next for COGS?
One upcoming activity will be the construction of a pergola
to serve as an architectural and social focal point in the garden,
and to provide a place to grow roses and other climbing flowers.
Another project is to spend time this winter exploring the
possibility of tapping into a nearby irrigation canal in an effort
to obtain un-chlorinated water at a lower cost than the current
provision by the City of
