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Published April 06, 2012, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: Prairie Community Garden


Ben Morgan, Frank Phillips and Dwight Jordan, from left, stop for a photo while preparing the garden for this year’s planting. The trio is the Prairie Community Garden’s maintenance crew. They do the plowing, cover-crop planting, heavy-equipment chores and porta-potty cleaning. Submitted photo

  • Ben Morgan, Frank Phillips and Dwight Jordan, from left, stop for a photo while preparing the garden for this year’s planting. The trio is the Prairie Community Garden’s maintenance crew. They do the plowing, cover-crop planting, heavy-equipment chores and porta-potty cleaning. Submitted photo
  • The garden is several acres large. It’s located south of Faith Community Church on Carmichael Road. A raspberry patch is being planted this year. Photo by Randy Hanson
  • Getting an early start on work at the Prairie Community Garden are, clockwise from front, steering committee members, Charlene and Tim Sackett, gardeners Jeri Dimler and Tom Hennes, steering committee members Nancy Heck and Jerry Adams, and founder Frank Phillips. They’re sitting on a picnic table built by Jim Guhl as an Eagle Scout project. Photo by Randy Hanson
  • Hand tools were laid out for garden work on Monday. Photo by Randy Hanson