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In Maryland, there is a process of converting farmland into housing develpments, as part of that process a certain amount of the land is allowed to revert back to nature, and eventually will be a small clump of forest. This practice is one of the reasons that we are overrun by deer. Personally I think that more should be set aside for community gardens, but there isn’t much demand for that here. I wonder if some of your parkland, where the funds are short for planting trees could be converted over to community gardens.
I like this idea. Over here we have allotments, which aren’t quite the same as your community gardens – they’re a wonderful tradition and part of our landscape. In recent years allotments have returned from a very low phase in which their tenants were getting older and gradually dying off, to a phase in which they’re so trendy that people queue for years to get a plot. I’m gestating a blog post about allotments.
What I;m really jealous of is that you have them for the long term Her I have to renew my seasonal lease annually, The plot is plowed in early April and has to be cleared in November so no asparagus or strawberries etc.
I don’t understand why you’re kicked off the land every autumn, then given it again (or maybe a different plot?) the next spring after it’s been ploughed. That stops you building up the soil as you’d choose. And as you say, it stops you growing perennials.