Grammy's Garden of Eat'n CSA
Jackie and Josh Goodnight’s Grammy's Garden of Eat'n is a family operation which is not unusual for a CSA farm. What is unusual is that it is not a farm at all, but rather a city lot, just 7,500 square feet (75 feet by 100 feet) in size. They “like to do things differently ... a challenge to do this on a city lot.”
Jackie has been in the garden since she was an infant with her mother “but didn’t do much from the infant seat.” She admits to having actively gardened for 28 years. Last year, she fed their family of four with surplus left to give to others from their garden which was one-third of the size of this year’s garden. They started researching and used “Food Not Lawns” as one of their sources when considering offering CSA shares. When they chose a name for the farm, they decided to use “Grammy” which is what her children call their grandmother who is a Master Gardener and very involved. They plan to later expand to the family farm in Camas.
Driving up, the observer will notice a few raised beds but is unaware of the many additional beds in the back yard. The Goodnights have done a marvelous job of carefully planning and balancing garden space with play space for their children and friends. With their daughters in 4-H, they also have a few hens and rabbits.
Goodnights are offering many colorful varieties of traditional vegetables in the shares, emphasizing the good vitamins and phytonutrients reportedly more abundant in colorful fruits and vegetables. For 2009, they are offering a dozen shares which, Jackie said, are more like one-half to two-thirds of the usual CSA farm share. In addition to the shares, cut flowers and blueberries are available. Eggs from the family farm in Camas are also available.
Contact Information
Grammy's Garden of Eat'n3414 N.E. 103rd Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98662
(503) 459-8405
grammysgardenofeatn@comcast.net
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