A new kind of garden is growing in an under-served Carbondale neighborhood.
The Mustard Seed Sowers Farm sits on a former vacant lot on the city's north east side - it's an area which has no grocery stores nearby. The garden of raised beds is growing herbs, greens and tomatoes and sells the produce to the community. Gardener Chastity Mays says kids love it: "We have children who come and help they help us water they help us plant we really just like to give the neighborhood the education of gardening why it so important -organic gardening -growing you own food and the benefits involved." Mays and her fellow gardener - Orlan Mays- have applied for a grant from an organization called "gardens for good" sponsored by the company Nature's Path. If they get the grant, the Mays say children in the area will benefit even more. Mays says it would allow them to do an after school program to get the children more involved. Mays says it could even help provide a stipend program for youths aged 12-15 for them to work in the garden.
You can learn more about the Mustard Seed Sowers Farm on line at www.mustardseedsowersfarm.weebly.com.
