Community Garden completion should be ready for this gardening season
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Steve Edwards
A pile of donated lumber waits on the site where Chinook High's FFA members will build a community garden. The garden will consist of 26 raised beds on the east side of Illinois Street on the vacant lot just across from the CHS gym. FFA advisor Robin Allen said she hopes the garden will be completed by May 1.
If plans by the Chinook High Future Farmers chapter (FFA) work out, a community garden should be ready for this year's gardening season. CHS Vo-ag teacher Robin Allen said the garden spot, across Illinois street to the east of the high school, will have 26 raised beds, each 12 feet by 12 feet. There'll be a common shed for storing hand tools and water will be available. The FFA members plan to have plots available by May 1. A garden plot can be rented for $15 per season and garden season will run roughly May through October.
The community garden takes shape
Allen said, "The idea came about dur...
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