Rental Plots
Plots are 10'x10'
YCG supplies annual tilling, deer fencing, convenient water supply, compost, and a wealth of gardening advice.
Annual rental rate: $25 per plot for Yarmouth residents; $35 for non-residents
Sign up for your plot at Yarmouth Community Services, 846-2406.
Plot Coordinator
Marjorie Stone
If you have any questions about rental plots,
please email Marjorie or call her at 846-4123.
Plot Rules
Our plot rules are grounded on a simple concept: Be a good neighbor.
If you tend your plots well, weed them regularly and completely (including the pathway at your plot’s edge) and harvested, you'll make an invaluable contribution to the community, which is at the heart of our garden.
Welcome!
General Requirements
- Annual plot rental fees must be paid at the time of registration.
- There is no smoking in the gardens or parking area. Tobacco mosaic virus, which can be carried on people’s hands, is a serious threat to tomatoes and other plants.
- No pets are allowed in the garden.
- Please use radios/players only with earphones.
- Please monitor small children in the garden, so that they do not damage neighbors’ plots.
- Plots may not be sublet.
- Each renter is required to contribute 6 hours of work over the season to benefit the Community Garden project.
Plot Design
- Plant tall crops toward the center of your plot, where they'll not cast shade upon neighboring plots.
- Place structures (trellises, hoops, fences, supports) at least one foot inside plot edges.
- Do not build raised beds.
- Do not use chicken wire or wood that is pressure-treated, painted, or treated in any other way.
- Perennials must be removed in the fall, as the entire garden area will be rototilled.
- Stones that are use in plot design or as edging must be removed at the end of the season and taken to a designated spot.
Plot Maintenance
- Plots need to be well-tended throughout the season, including weeding and harvesting of vegetables.
- Paths between plots should be kept open and accessible to all.
- Commonly used acceptable mulches include straw, hay, black plastic, or weed barrier mats, newspaper (not glossy, and covered with an organic mulch), seaweed, grass clippings (not chemically treated), and other organic mulches. Black plastic and weed barrier mats must be entirely removed from the property at the end of the season.
End of Season
- Plots must be cleared of all summer structures and crops by mid-October (exact date to be determined).
- Specific plots may be unavailable in subsequent seasons, due to the need for overall soil maintenance and amendment.
Acceptable / Unacceptable Products
To maintain the organic integrity of Yarmouth Community Garden, do not use products that are listed in the "Unacceptable" column below:
Acceptable
- BT, M Track, MVP
- NEEM
- Insecticidal soaps
- Pyrethrum
- Summer Oil
- Seaweed/fish preparations
- Garlic, hot pepper, “kitchen” mixes
- PRO GRO
- Diatomaceous earth
- Sulfur
- Wood ash
- Manures (non carnivorous)
- Rock powders (lime, rock phosphate, greensand, granite dust) Liquids may be applied by hand-held trigger spray bottle only
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Unacceptable
- Miracle Gro, Miracid, Peters, etc
- 5-10-5, 5-10-10 and variations
- Rotenone
- Sevin
- Diazonin
- Malathion
- Methoxychlor
- Commercial slug bait
- Sabadilla
- Chemical formulations
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If you want to use a product that is not on either list, but you're unsure about it, please ask the Plot Coordinator.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING?
SPRING ORIENTATION
This meeting is for new renters and prospective volunteers.
Wednesday, April 28
7:00 pm
Town Hall Community Room
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