Barb Martinez and Leanne Hutchinson of Good to Grow held their annual garden tour on Tuesday, August 1, in cooperation with the Uinta County Conservation District. Good to Grow is a co-op with people as young as 2 years old who come out to tend the garden and learn to grow their own food. The public tour went over how to grow food in Evanston’s climate and discussed which types of food grow well here.
Many people assume that growing your own food here is too difficult or even impossible, but this co-op proves otherwise. Not only were there flowers and food growing everywhere you could see, but other plants grew unintentionally thanks to the rich soil cultivated with years of dedication and care. All of this is surprisingly achieved without pesticides or weed killers. The two-hour tour was extremely informative, with Martinez leading community members of all ages.
Martinez said it is possible to grow vegetables like tomatoes even in February. Good to Grow uses water walls to protect their vegetables, which are like a greenhouse encasing individual plants, protecting them from frost and keeping them at a decent temperature. Through trial and error, the farm has found ways to grow even warm-weather plants like melons and peppers. They use tunnels with walls that can be rolled up in warmer weather and rolled down when it gets cold.
Martinez said the farm uses comfrey to enrich the soil with minerals, allowing it to be much more fertile while also growing a plant that can be used for medicinal purposes. Comfrey is sometimes known as “bonemend.”
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