Of course I knew the blandness of the farm was a mere result of it being the end of the summer season, the prime of a gardener's year. It would not stop me from being able to picture the potential that I knew this chipper farm holds the rest of the year. I saw blooming walkways beyond the dead roots on the ground.
However, there were a handful of fully-bloomed flowers remaining that kept us entertained: purple ones, yellow ones, red ones. They all sprinkled about the farm and provided a bit of a glow to the place.
We learned that the farm started off as a vegetable production class and then became a community garden for the Bryan-College Station area. This would serve to be effective because the contributors would end up meeting their initial goal of promoting sustainable agriculture and connecting the community back to food through veggie and fruit planting.
Further into the garden, the active profile of it appeared: banana trees, bean plants that never go out of season, and even corn stocks! We got to see an active farm! The front provided a bit of a false hope, so we were excited to see the heart of it all. We were told about an incredible man-made irrigation system that utilized the slope of the land and how the farm uses a 2,000-gallon bin that allows the gardeners to re-purpose rainwater. Every element shone through to us.
What started off as a letdown turned into something to really write about. Witnessing the traditional desire to be fed directly from the earth was relieving. Everything was organic and everything was recycled in some way or another. The gardeners value their earthly practice so much that they ensured that the farm simulated a natural ecosystem to a T. They have grown to be so popular that one would need to be in line at their market an hour early to purchase their fresh produce. Or, another option is to just simply take a visit to the farm, walk around, and appreciate its natural radiance.
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