The island’s other world
On Sunday we saw a slice of Hilton Head we’d never seen before - 8 acres, or so, of 20-by-20-foot garden plots. A world away, it seemed, from the sand and surf.
There you’ll find 18-inch high onions, cabbages the size of soccer balls, tomato plants already in the ground - in early March, when gardeners Up North are still perusing seed catalogs ... and dreaming.
The sprawling community garden is in Sea Pines resort. Property owners there put their names on a list and claim plots when they become available. They plant vegetables, flowers, herbs ... anything that’s legal. One woman working her plot Sunday said her specialty was growing weeds. I was pretty good at that, myself, in my gardening days.
Looking at all that fertile earth, all that thriving vegetation, makes a person want to get his hands in the dirt.
