{"id":5258,"date":"2011-09-15T11:45:46","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T15:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/?page_id=5258"},"modified":"2022-08-16T13:00:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T17:00:34","slug":"farm-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/farm-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Down on the Farm (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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He Digs, He Dug, He Has Dug<\/h4>

\u201cMy garden will never make me famous.
I\u2019m a horticultural ignoramus,
I can\u2019t tell a string bean from a soybean,
Or even a girl bean from a boy bean.\u201d<\/p>

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Many of us Medford Leas residents are all thumbs when it comes to growing things. But others of us have green thumbs \u2014 at least varying shades of green. Gardeners of all skill levels for many years have turned over the soil each spring on a patch of Medford Leas land called The Farm, available for residents to grow vegetables and flowers.<\/p>

The one-and-a-half acres of The Farm are divided into plots ranging from 25 by 75 feet, to 25 by 25 feet, down to unfenced ground good for planting flowers. The site lies behind the Nature Center and tennis courts. Plots are still available for interested residents.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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(Left) Rona Keilin, resident and farmer since 2003, is in charge of helping residents choose their plots, answering questions, and dealing with issues about water and rodents, with the assistance of her rodent-hunting terrier Meggie. This year, Rona has planted potatoes, onions, peas, lettuce, spinach, carrots, and strawberries, to be followed by more planting after May. Ezra Shahn, Rona\u2019s partner, is in the background. Video \u2013 Farming with Rona<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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(Right) Sandy Heath, who doesn\u2019t consider himself among the big-league gardeners, nevertheless was found enthusiastically planting peas, string beans, and zucchini one raw March day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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(Left) Arthritis sufferer Steve Denham is planning an \u201cupside down garden,\u201d in which tomatoes, onions and peppers are planted in bags that hang from shepherd\u2019s hooks. Tomatoes and onions are made to grow through a hole in the bottom of each bag, while peppers grow in the soil above. Dunbar, Steve\u2019s wife, was once chair of The Farm and then co-chair with Rona.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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(Right) Betsy Snope says she is in the Ogden Nash category and is working as \u201chelper\u201d to more experienced Susan Dowling in planting sugar snap peas. They admired the green shoots of their garlic, already up by late March. Suzanne Frank, a Victory gardener as a child, hopes for rhubarb and, in the summer, her favorite zinnias.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Another highly experienced green thumb is Perry Krakora, who is experimenting this year with a Native American \u201cThree Sisters\u201d garden, combining corn, beans, and squash. The beans climb up the corn, and the squash holds moisture while also keeping out the weeds.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Inspiring all, the Master Gardeners of Burlington County have a large plot at Medford Leas, one of ten they maintain throughout the county. Last year, they produced 1,165 pounds of vegetables for an array of food banks, 85 percent of which came from their Medford Leas plot. Video \u2013 Master Gardeners at Medford Leas<\/a><\/b><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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By late July, the corn in the \u201cThree Sisters\u201d garden was taller than its adventurous grower Perry Krakora. As Indians once did, she planted beans to climb the corn stalks, and squash to keep moisture in and hold down the weeds between the rows of corn. Perry\u2019s garden plots also overflow with onions, garlic, parsnips, tomatoes and asparagus.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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When my next door neighbor, Susan Dowling, came to my front door proudly bearing a zucchini, a cluster of garlic and a sprig of basil, fresh from her plot on The Farm, I knew it was harvest t<\/i>ime, even though only late June. Susan and her farming partner, Betsy Snope, were like kids at Christmas over their crops of garlic, zucchini, cucumber and snap peas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Farm, a community garden of an acre and a half, is available for the horticultural creativity of residents, the Master Gardeners of Burlington County, and Debbie Lux, horticulturist in Landscaping. Produce not needed by the resident gardeners is placed on a table at the entrance of the Community Building for all residents to enjoy. The Master Gardeners\u2019 output goes to food pantries throughout the county. And Debbie Lux has used her plot to demonstrate to high school horticulture students from Burlington County Institute of Technology how to grow a cutting garden.<\/p>\n

In March, residents had weathered the cold to plant their peas, lettuce and onions. Now, in summer\u2019s record heat and dryness, portable sprinklers were working hard.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Along with withering heat were the appetites of woodchucks (aka groundhogs), voles and deer to challenge our farmers. I was introduced to a young teenage woodchuck in a trap, the third captured with great fanfare. He would be taken beyond the creek and released, I was told. I suspect he will be a recidivist.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Warren Sawyer\u2019s squash is surviving a woodchuck hit; his cherry tomatoes are ripening; and his Concord grapes are turning a satisfying purple. Charlie Shearer has had great success with strawberries, green beans and cucumbers and is looking forward to winter squash. Tomatoes are actually growing out the bottom of hanging bags of soil in Steve Denham\u2019s upside-down garden.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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And there is Fuller Farm, named for Kay Roberts' yellow lab service dog, Fuller. Kay doesn\u2019t allow her multiple sclerosis to hold her back. By August her garden plot was abloom with cosmos, sunflowers and zinnias. View the Photo Essay about Fuller.<\/a><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe,
to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life \u2013
this is the commonest delight of the race,
the most satisfactory thing a man can do.<\/em><\/p>

\u2014 from My Summer in a Garden (1870)
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