Plot Maintenance. Gardeners must maintain plots (including adjacent aisles) throughout the growing season. Gardeners who do not maintain their plots will not be eligible for a plot in the following year. Maintaining includes: planting, weeding, and harvesting. Gardeners will keep weeds down and maintain the areas immediately surrounding their plot. Each gardener is expected to spend at least 1 hour per week working on his/her plot and the surrounding area. Please contact your garden coordinator if you will be moving, taking an extended vacation, or otherwise will be unable to maintain your plot throughout the gardening season. Or if, for any reason (health, vacation, work pressure), you will be temporarily unable to maintain their plot. If you have a substitute gardener, inform the coordinator. Any plot abandoned for more than 1 month, without having given prior notice (i.e. of vacation, sickness, etc.) to the garden coordinator, will be forfeited. At that time, it will be re-assigned or tilled in and any produce will be donated to charity. Weeds and Disease Gardeners agree to keep the garden and garden edges free of weeds, diseased plants, insect-infested plants and overripe vegetables. Weeds, if removed from your plot, are to be hauled to the compost site. Keep your garden neatly weeded on a regular basis. Weeds may not become taller than 8 inches. Weeds are a major complaint of neighbors and other gardeners, and are the leading cause of plot forfeiture. Large/Woody Plants Gardeners may not not plant trees, shrubs, or perennial plants in plots. Perennial plants may be placed in containers within Gardeners’ plots. All gardeners must understand that it is their responsibility to maintain plants within the limits of their plot and to keep vegetation less than four feet in height, so as not to shade neighboring plots.
Plot Maintenance a. Continued use of your assigned Community Garden plot is contingent upon upkeep:
Plot Maintenance. I accept full responsibility for the maintenance of my individual garden plot, and I will personally control and remove weeds and invasive grass within 2’ of my garden plot. I will harvest produce in a timely manner. If damaging insects or blights are discovered, they MUST be reported to the Plot Coordinator immediately. If infestations pose a threat plants may need to be removed or destroyed. I will remain on the premises while my garden is being watered and follow the AACG water conservation policy. I will not use chemical herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, or synthetic fertilizers on my garden or anywhere on the site. Violation of this rule is grounds for immediate plot forfeiture. Products labeled “organic” are permitted for use. I will notify the garden plot coordinator at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx if I cannot care for my plot. During periods of absence from my garden, I will make arrangements to have my plot watered and maintained. I understand that I will be notified if my plot appears neglected or abandoned, and if the situation is not corrected, I may be required to forfeit my plot. If I do not respond to emails and phone calls regarding inactivity at my plot, it will be considered forfeited and may be allotted to another gardener. A garden left neglected/unattended (un-watered, overrun by weeds, or unharvested produce) for more than two weeks without prior notice or arrangements is considered abandoned and notice will be sent to the member to correct the issue. Members who fail to bring their plot back into compliance will have their plot forfeited. COMMUNITY SERVICE: I accept shared responsibility for maintenance of the common areas, furnishings, equipment, and tool shed. I will contribute two hours of community service per month via one or more of the available Stewardship Teams. Failure to complete my service will result in fines levied at $10 per first hour missed. I will document my work hours each month via the online Report Hours Portal - xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxxx/xxxxxx-xxxxx. Plot and area maintenance DOES NOT COUNT towards the required two hour monthly community service. All Gardeners are required to join AACG Rallyhood, a web and mobile app that provides the garden a way to communicate, coordinate and share information between members. Gardeners are required to attend two mandatory workdays per year, dates to be determined annually. FEES etc: I will submit a rental payment of $ for a sized plot for the garden year, and to pa...
Plot Maintenance. Weed Control & Insect Control - I will control weeds in my Plot(s) and three feet from each side of my Plot(s). I will use mulching, pulling, and digging to control weeds. I will not use chemical herbicides. I will use natural/organic herbicides as a last resort and without detriment to surrounding Plot(s). I will not use weed whackers to control weeds in my Plot(s). I will control insects by hand or with natural/organic pesticides. • Plant Confinement & Plot Alteration - I will confine my plants’ growth to my framed Plot(s) and will not alter the Plot(s) size. • Harvesting Crops - I will harvest only my own crops unless given permission to harvest the crops of another. I will permit Garden Leaders to donate my unharvested mature crops to a local food pantry. • Garden Waste Disposal - I will not leave garden waste lying inside the Garden. Instead I will dispose of garden waste in the on-site garbage can or will haul the waste to the wooded disposal area. I will take my litter home for disposal. • Unkempt Plots Forfeiture - If my Plot(s) or its surrounding area becomes unkempt I will be notified of a need to clean it. If not cleaned in 1 week from notification my Plot(s) will be forfeited and I will lose Plot preference in the following year. • Maintenance Challenges - If I am unable to maintain temporarily my Plot(s) due to illness, vacation, etc. I will contact a fellow gardener to do so.
Plot Maintenance. Upon a plot assignment, members agree to begin maintaining plot(s) within 30 days and agree to keep plot(s) and a 3’ perimeter around the plot(s) weed and litter free. During long absences, members agree to make arrangements for plot care. Planting of tall crops or trellis supports should not shade neighboring plots. Plants must not block the aisles. Trailing vines must be trellised. No permanent structures are allowed.
Plot Maintenance. It is the gardener's responsibility to maintain a healthy and productive plot. If, for any reason (health, issues, work), you cannot maintain your plot, inform a garden board member. If you have a grievance with others, inform your garden board member after taking steps to resolve it yourself.
Plot Maintenance x. Xxxx boards/replacing boards are the gardener’s responsibility. If you need help, please ask the Board.
Plot Maintenance. Any trees with nails require the nails to be pulled further out to accommodate future growth. Any broken nails will be replaced with 11 inch UV resistant bar lock cable ties stapled to the tree at the top of the dbh line using a 9/16” staple. 3” aluminum nails may be used on thicker bark Fd; • Some trees may still have their tags attached to the stem or a branch with a wire loop. Depending on tree size, move the wires from the stem to a live and sturdy branch near dbh. Once a tree has a dbh of 5cm or more, switch the wire for a cable tie as outlined in the first bullet above; • Missing, broken or unreadable tree tags will be replaced with aluminium tags of the same number; • Replace missing or damaged metal tags at plot centre posts; • Check tie points and plot markers, replace missing or deteriorated centre posts (1½ ” pvc is fine and tall enough to match existing posts). Ensure all posts will stand firmly in the ground until the next measurement; • Repaint DBH lines on live trees with blue tree-marking paint; • Remark access trails with blue tree-marking paint; to be visible in both travel directions; • Brush out around tie points and signs and paint tie point trees with wide blue tree-marking paint bands; • Clear paths to plots from tie points (chainsaw work not required on path clearing); • No ingress removal or plot brushing is required but note the salmonberry can be thick in parts of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and East Xxxxxx sites; • Remove tape or paint cans used.
Plot Maintenance. Plots must be actively gardened during the growing season (May 1–September 30) by planting, weeding, watering, and harvesting at least once a week. All gardeners must begin actively gardening by May 1. Periodic plot inspections will be done by the Steering Committee, and warning letters will be sent to those not gardening. Extenuating circumstances will be taken into consideration. Know your neighbors, ask for help, and offer to reciprocate.
