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    Undeveloped Subdivision Goes to Seed

    Decatur Metro | August 9, 2010 | 1:12 pm

    UPDATE: jkga provides a link to the Midway Woods Garden’s website.

    Decatur Metro’s undercover, urban gardener reporter sends in photographic evidence of an urban garden in an abandoned subdivision development just outside the Decatur city limits on Oldfield Road.

    Another pic and a map of the garden’s location after the jump.

    Categories
    urban farming
    Tags
    Decatur gardens, Oldfield Road, urban farming, urban gardening

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    15 Responses to “Undeveloped Subdivision Goes to Seed”

    1. jkga says:
      August 9, 2010 at 2:46 pm

      Here’s their website: http://www.midwaywoodsgarden.org/

      • Decatur Metro says:
        August 9, 2010 at 2:52 pm

        Oh sweet. So not so “rogue” after all, huh? Still a good use of resources!

    2. MidwayWoodsNeighbor says:
      August 9, 2010 at 2:56 pm

      It’s not rogue and they have permission of the owner of the property to garden there. Get your facts straight.

      • Decatur Metro says:
        August 9, 2010 at 3:10 pm

        I didn’t present it as a fact, did I? I said “seems to be…”

        That said, I’m glad to edit the post to reflect this new piece of info.

        • "Naaman" Gibbets says:
          August 9, 2010 at 4:11 pm

          Yea DM, get your jokes–er, facts straight.

        • cubalibre says:
          August 9, 2010 at 4:46 pm

          You’re right on about its being a good use of resources– better an urban garden than an empty, weedy lot sitting there looking abandoned. On another note: Man! People are testy on this site today! WTD?

          • Decatur Metro says:
            August 9, 2010 at 4:55 pm

            What the darn?

            • cubalibre says:
              August 9, 2010 at 5:07 pm

              LOL! “What the dickens”– betraying my Southernness, I’m afraid…

              • nelliebelle1197 says:
                August 9, 2010 at 5:20 pm

                Southern Cuba? :)

              • Writerchad says:
                August 9, 2010 at 6:12 pm

                Maybe Midway folks aren’t quite as neighborly as Decaturites.

    3. Rod says:
      August 9, 2010 at 4:52 pm

      somebody’s got a case of the Mondays….

    4. Friendlyneighbor says:
      August 9, 2010 at 8:25 pm

      Midway folks (especially those that live on Oldfield) are super neighborly.

      • writerchad says:
        August 10, 2010 at 9:23 am

        I have several good friends in Midway. I was just joshing. No offense to any Joshes out there.

    5. Chadwick Stogner says:
      August 9, 2010 at 9:28 pm

      I thought he meant “What’s the Deal”

    6. Occi says:
      August 10, 2010 at 6:10 am

      It is a great idea. The neighborhood is being proactive with an eyesore. I hated it when they took down that old white house and razed all that land.

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