Student run vegetable garden on campus? Yes please.

Educational garden could come to University campus - News

How is this not a good idea? I know I'd be down to volunteer some grunt work and/or architectural drawings.

They're doing it right up at Yale, which should say something for it's credibility. Come on, Mike. You already goofed UGA's World Cup bid. Don't blow this one, too.

Backyard

This is a snapshot looking down from the top deck across the middle of the yard. Not Nat'l Geographic quality, I'm aware, but it'll have to work until Santa brings me a new camera. (Mom, I know you're out there.)

"Lotta ins. Lotta outs. Lotta what-have-yous."

Between the front page floods and project deadlines, not a whole lot was accomplished since the last post. I did, however, get a chance to talk to both neighbors. Here's the skinny:

I had spoken with Duncan the same day I met with Miss Charlie. Conditions weren't ideal. I was on the street with Duncan in his yard, separated by a wall of camellias. He seemed a little taken aback by our idea of housing three goats out back. He and his wife are avid gardeners, so I could tell it didn't take long for the image of goats munching on their annual flower beds to cross his mind. As predicted, his main concern was the goats using the creek channel/ditch as a passageway into his backyard.

He scoffed at the idea of installing fencing across the creek. Inevitably, debris would collect upstream and create a mess. He questioned the proposition's legality, as well. I'll admit to some truth stretching, but it didn't seem to improve his outlook. I left a little discouraged with only a "Well, we'll think about it."

Yesterday, I tried again with fresh vegetables as my ammunition. Dora answered the door this time. Unfortunately, I had interrupted supper, but she hung around the doorstep long enough to give some good news. The homegrown peppers couldn't have hurt our cause, but she said that they had decided the idea had some merit, and were excited to see the project along. In fact, Dora was a goat owner herself back in her day. So, she could turn out to be a valuable resource right next door.

The other neighbor, a Brazilian woman who's name I cannot pronounce or remember, is a professor at the veterinary college on campus. As any good animal lover would, she gave us the green light on the proposition. As is the case on the other side, this neighbor could be a good contact if anything ever goes wrong.

So, with a previous goat owner on one side and a veterinarian on the other, it's looking like we'd really have put a conscious effort into failing for this project to not succeed. Tonight's game plan is to construct some sort of shelter. Today's LAND3530 doodles and daydreams all point toward a three-sided structure of only cinder blocks and "Free Palestine" signs. But we'll see what happens.