Gardener | Street-wise Gardener
Master Gardener Karen Morrison of Albany is on a mission to showfamilies from all walks of life how easy and inexpensive it is togrow fruit and vegetables in small areas, particularly the grassyrights of way between a sidewalk and a city street.
She ought to know, because she’s in her second year of producingfood for passersby and for the people in her neighborhood who don’thave gardening experience or think they can’t afford to prepare andplant a garden.
Morrison received permission from the city of Albany beforestarting her Feed Thy Neighbor project.
Morrison explains she is taking the community garden concept andmaking it more personal by going street by street to help familiesgrow their own food. She got the idea after attending a FoodEducation Agriculture Solutions Together (FEAST) meeting in Albanyheld under the auspices of the Oregon Food Bank.
At the session, she learned that many people in Albany and LinnCounty never have enough to eat or eat the wrong things.
“There’s so much junk food out there that I want to show kidsand their parents that it is fun and easy to grow your own food.It’s less expensive and tastes better than what you buy at thestore, especially the cucumbers,” she said while pulling weeds fromher garden strip at Fifth Avenue and Thurston Street.
Keeping an eye on her was Carrie, her
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