GROW YOUR OWN. Aviva Furman, Community Harvest founder and West Seattle resident, holding white bucket, lead a team of Seattle Works volunteers who prepared soil for a vegetable garden on White Center Food Bank grounds.
A team of Seattle Works volunteers joined Community Harvest of Southwest Seattle last Saturday to prepare two areas on the White Center Food Bank’s property for gardening.
The food bank is located at 10829 8th Ave. S.W. One site is a narrow strip of soil hugging the front of the food bank building. The other is a wider swath along the property’s eastern border.
“We’ll be putting in a vegetable garden of either corn, squash, beans, or all of these,” said Aviva Furman, Community Harvest founder and West Seattle resident.
You don't need a big yard, or any yard at all, to grow your own food, she said. Furman's Web site illustrates how to grow cucumbers, eggplant and tomatoes on apartment balconies and small patios.
“The vegetables will go to the food bank, but we also want to demonstrate that it’s easy and possible to grow your own food," said Furman. "At the time of the Victory Gardens, Americans grew 40 percent of their own produce from their home gardens.”
