This year, in collaboration with Oasis Development and a great cast of volunteers, The Food Project has started up a new plot of land in Lynn. It's on Munroe Street, right by our North Shore office and directly across from the Lynn commuter rail station. Here's a slideshow of the plot's progression from grassy field to working farm:
If I'm looking at the farm data correctly, we've harvested almost 3,000 pounds of herbs and vegetables from the Munroe land this season. That's in addition to the bounty of the 15 raised beds being used by community gardeners. This food stays in Lynn; some is sold at our Central Square farmers' market just a few blocks away, and the rest is distributed to local hunger relief organizations.
In addition to the food, the Munroe plot has been a great success in raising the visibility of our work in Lynn. People stop by every day asking what we're doing and expressing amazement that something like this is happening right in downtown.
Our Gigapan master went to work a few weeks ago, so you can now visually explore the plot as it was in late October. Just click on the image below & you'll be taken to the full panorama, where you can zoom in and identify vegetables to your heart's delight:
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Picture #3 from the panorama is very interesting. I am wondering why the picture is stitched together from 2 photos as is evident by the bottom half of a woman's body near the car parked across the street from the garden?
Actually, the panorama was stitched together from 208 images! If you're curious about the system that takes them, you can see http://www.gigapansystems.com/.
Glad you found the picture worth exploring.
Thanks, Food Project, for letting me have one of the plots. Even though we started late in the season, it was great fun and good eating, too. Can't wait until spring to see the 240 tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, and crocus pop-up. It will be good to get a full growing season in next year and see what we can do!
Glad to hear that you enjoyed your plot!
I'm curious to know more about the construction of this garden--how many cubic yards of top soil were used, what the long term plans are. I noticed the black landscape fabric under the soil--how deep is the soil on top of that? I am an urban grower in Harrisburg, PA, and there is a lot we would like to use that will require raised beds (not necessarily in boxes) because of building debris buried just under the grass. Any assistance or advice (what would you have done differently, etc) would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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