Is farm living the life for you?
Well, you just might get a taste of farm living in the city as Dalton prepares to open its first community garden.
Brenda Jackson, Whitfield County agriculture and natural resources agent, says about 11 people attended an organizational meeting last week. That’s enough to move ahead.
“We’ve pretty much decided on Lakeshore Park as the location. Everybody is going to individually check out the location itself,” she said. “Ronnie Nix, at Dalton parks and recreation, is going to have some of his guys put out stakes to lay out the dimensions.”
She says the garden will total about 300 square feet.
After everyone has a chance to look at the site, Jackson will arrange another meeting to finalize the plans. One thing they will have to decide is whether to have one large communal garden or to give each gardener an individual plot.
Jackson says she has recommended a mixture of individual plots and a larger garden everyone will tend.
“The produce from that bigger garden can be split up among the group or donated to a local food organization,” she said.
For more information, call Jackson at (706) 278-8207 or e-mail her at bljackson@whitfieldcountyga.com.
Local News
November 4, 2008
Community garden moving ahead
- Local News
-
-
Update: No sign of alleged double murderer
Close to 200 law enforcement officers plan to search through the night for an alleged double murderer who may have been spotted in Varnell Wednesday afternoon.
Continued ... - Teacher of the year sings through the day
- 911 call — ‘Somebody had killed him’
- Olympic hopeful’s horses killed in wreck
- ‘We are D’ sign mystery solved
- Investigation clears Dalton Middle erasures questions
- Chambliss, Graves say Congress must act to avoid big tax increase
- May 29, 2012
- Remembering once a year not enough
- Couple looks to raspberries to salvage season
- Camp AIM to hold 20th reunion
- May 28, 2012
- Stem cell treatment regrows Whitfield man’s foot
- Authorities continue to search for Neal
- MEMORIAL DAY REMEMBRANCE: Death at sea
- May 27, 2012
- Memorial Day Remembrance: ‘Just two weeks away from home’
- Southeast graduation
-
Update: No sign of alleged double murderer
Police: Seattle Cafe Gunman May Have Shot Self
No Limits for Disabled Hunters at Mich. Base
Victim Identified in Fla. Face-chewing Attack
Radioactive Bluefin Tuna Crossed the Pacific
90 Guns Seized, Dozens Arrested in Oakland
Raw Video: Hail Storm Batters Oklahoma City
6-Year-Old Going to National Spelling Bee
California's Foie Gras Ban About to Begin
Video Essay: Funky Winkerbean Comic Turns 40
Hurricane Andrew Remembered, 20 Years Later
Judge's Ruling Halts Tenn. Mosque Construction
Romney in Las Vegas on Texas Primary Day
Sister Says She Reported Brother in Patz Killing
Even Fla. Police Shocked by Face-Mauling Attack
Angry Birds Spreading Their Wings
