Create a Good Deed Garden to Donate Vegetables to Food Banks

Times are tough for many people now in America. Families are struggling to make payments and keep healthy food on the table too. Thus if you have a knack for gardening you can do an enormous good deed by planting a good deed vegetable garden that will serve as the source of fresh vegetables to donate to food banks or people in the community.

Anyone who has a bit of open land and some energy can start an extra vegetable garden. This garden's purpose will be to feed the community. Hunger is a real problem for too many people now. And food banks too often are running short on food.

Planning

The fall is a great time to start planning a good deed vegetable garden. Pick a place in the yard for the garden. Then start enriching the soil with some compost before the snow arrives. And remember, a garden can be as small as a big pot to grow cucumbers on a porch. You don't need a lot of land to grow vegetables for charity.

Browse Gardening Stores

Start to browse garden stores and seed or plant catalogs to see what kind of vegetables you want to grow in the good deed garden. Then use the winter months to do research about the best conditions for the plants and how to ensure they will produce vegetables.

Ask Around for Help

Let people know you are planning to create a good deed garden. They may have some seeds to offer you. Or they may volunteer to do tasks such as till the ground with equipment they own. People may not feel comfortable enough with gardening to do their own full garden. However, they might be delighted to help you with yours once the growing season starts.

Create a List of Vegetable Plants

Put together a list of the plants you will grow. This will help you stay focused. It is also good to fully visualize the garden before you begin planting. This boosts motivation and confidence to get off to a good start once spring arrives.

Some good vegetables to grow in a good deed garden include cucumbers, string beans, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, zucchini, basil, chives and watermelons.

Get Supplies in Order

Start to get supplies for the garden together and organized well before the spring arrives. If you put notes up on community bulletin boards you can usually get donations of needed supplies. A lot of gardeners have left over items or tools that they never use and would be willing to donate. Be sure to mention that you will create a good deed vegetable garden as that may increase donations.

Enjoy Helping Others

Sharing vegetables with others is a wonderful good deed. Vegetables add health to life. They are also very filling and will be greatly appreciated by anyone who receives them at a food bank. It is always a wonderful feeling to grow something from scratch and share it with others.

There are many places to donate vegetables. You can bring them to a food bank, or bring a big basket of veggies to work to share with co-workers. It is also fun to bring a basket of home grown vegetables to a party to share with friends.

Get Inspired!

To read about a woman in Pasadena, California who has created a garden to supply vegetables to a food bank and friends go HERE.

Sources:

Los Angeles Times

Front Range Living