One could make the argument that growing tomatoes right outside of City Hall is not a good idea, given the fruit’s other uses.
This morning, however, volunteers harvested 50 pounds of them from City Hall’s Better Together garden (pictured above on Wednesday) for a good cause — Loaves & Fishes.
Jen Aron, a volunteer from Oregon State University’s Master Gardener Program, says she also picked:
5 lbs. squash
5 lbs. of cabbage
10 lbs. of potatoes
1 lb. sweet peppers
And since planting the garden in May, volunteers have harvested a total of:
45 heads of lettuce
3 lbs. spinach
13 pounds of green beans
2 lbs. broccoli
2 lbs. beets
1 lb. of radishes
1.5 lbs. of basil
2.5 lbs. of snow peas
50 lbs. of tomatoes
10 lbs. potatoes
1 lb. sweet peppers
10 lbs. squash
8 lbs. cabbage
“Pretty amazing,” Aron says.
There would have been at least a little bit more to pick, but passersby have reportedly helped themselves to the fresh vegetables, too, which is fine with Aron, she says, because the vegetables have been harvested “with respect” and without damage to the remaining plants. “There is no angst about that happening,” Aron says.
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Awesome! Now lets plant them all over the town, and take care of both hunger and poverty for those without ALL AT ONCE
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It’s a good idea, and someone knows how to garden down there, good work. But if you ask a homeless person about it they will generally reply that they prefer poppies over peppers anyday.
Jack Peek says:
AHH, lets see, if you fertilize with good “stuff” you usually get good crops.
I’d rather not think the BS at city hall. and a good salad go together.
No doubt, due the vast amount of bullshit surrounding City Hall.