By Spencer Ellsworth, Urban Farm Manager, Roots & Wings
One fine June Thursday in Rockford, a group of people met early in the morning to talk about squash.
“If we put them in the Northeast quadrant, they’ll be able to vine up the fence.”
“Plus, they’ll be farthest away from that fat groundhog.” The groundhog had already come around, looking for a feast, despite the fence’s bottom edge having been sunk a foot into the earth.
“Gotta dig the beds first, though.”
“Good thing we have help today!” This convention of strategic minds was the twice-weekly Blackhawk Courts Farm &...