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Community Garden Tour 1

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by Janice Stillman

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Photographer: J Stillman

My main bed, June 25. The plastic bags are loosely hung to blow in the breeze and (I hope) deter deer or other critters from munching on the baby brussels sprouts below. So far, so good.

Photographer: J Stillman

My bean bed (foreground), with Cranberry (near), Tiger Eye (far right), and bush green beans (middle). The back half of the bed is another gardener's.

Photographer: J Stillman

There are 24 plots in all, each approximately 20 by 18 feet or so, but it hardly seems possible.

Photographer: J Stillman

This gardener has great luck with mounded beds. She swears by fish emulsion as fertilizer and uses newspaper as mulch to great effect.

Photographer: J Stillman

Love that asparagus "fence"!

Photographer: J Stillman

Everything is organic.

Photographer: J Stillman

The shed houses an array of old and odd tools, including lawnmowers, and had a woodchuck in residence in the "basement" until one member wrapped chicken wire around the bottom of the structure. (God bless him!)

Photographer: J Stillman

Echoes of Versaille, non? It'll be lovely in bloom. The surrounding field is full of milkweed. Butterflies abound in late summer and floss fills the air in fall.

Near end of May: The Peterborough (New Hampshire) Community Gardens are thriving, thanks to much rain, warm days, cool nights, and enthusiastic gardeners.

Take a stroll through . . .