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Everyone doesn’t have to tend a plot or box, to be a valued part of this team. There are always auxiliary roles to get involved with. Take, for instance, those apple trees in the front yard. There are two, which haven’t flowered and haven’t had much attention: other than people wondering whether they would block out valuable sunlight to a plot beyond them.

There’s a Plum tree sitting in a tote and an Apricot tree: it’s just starting to put out pretty pink flowers.

It would be great if some one or a team of garden members volunteered to be the “orchard keepers” of our fruit resources.

Just learning how to care for these trees and how to improve their potential for production would be an amazing contribution: a craft to share with others; and take the garden to a higher level.

There are a lot of online resources and workshops going on where one could meet technical assistance providers and fellow caretakers. So don’t think growing in a little box or plot is all of gardening.

Especially if your time is limited during planting season, consider being a Tree Steward for your  Community garden. Help to aquire knowledge to be taught to others for the future and on a larger scale.

Some think that Harlem neighbors are only fit to stand in lines for donated food. But, our gardens can demonstrate that even the poorest, youngest, and even; the disabled can be food producers.

There’s no shame in accepting charity; sometimes, its the best gift one can give another: (to let them be blessed for giving). But when one is able to acquire a productive capacity for our food needs:  then one is able to give a gift for all the generations.