Communal gardening is ideal for people who love to dig in the dirt but live in apartments with little or no yards. The resulting fresh fruit and vegetables are mostly for personal use. But some could be slated for local Food Banks.
The scarecrow (below) survived winter looking much like a zombie about to get up and drag its feet the way spring has done.
Perennials under cover of earth slept quietly like the buried undead.
The garden at Blackie Spit Park is named after Dr. Dunsmuir who in the 1940s purchased a portion of land to farm that (in the late 1800s) belonged to Walter Blackie. Blackie was the first pioneer to settle in the seaside area now worth millions.
According to historians, he bought 150 acres (much of it sandspit) for fifty dollars. The subsequent park (in fact all of Crescent Beach) was once called Blackie's Spit.
Over the years Surrey acquired greater portions of the heritage land and in 1975 garden plots were created within a larger sanctuary preserved for wildlife.
My husband and I were merely voyeurs enjoying a glimpse of a garden that is still an empty canvas with bare patches of soil. From tiny seeds and seedlings, strawberries, peas, beans and more will appear thanks to the tenders. We look forward to seeing the fruits of their labor as the growing season unfolds.
Meanwhile, species that float, fly or crawl were just starting to stir. Painted butterflies brought color to the scene until the fluttering kind come around.
Honey bees and wasps that can really sting would soon reappear.
Painted sun rays were beaming while waiting for brighter days.
More creepy crawlers to bug everyone would arrive in the weeks ahead.
Shovels were decorative until the hard work of digging begins in earnest.
This adorable pony was not seasonal. I have seen two of them munching on hay year-round at the heritage farm alongside the road to the gardens.
At the end of the road there's a Drainage Pump Station working in conjunction with Dunsmuir Channel that is the storm water outlet for Crescent Beach. It prevents groundwater from rising to dangerously high levels, although the plants we love to eat do enjoy getting wet.
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