Any venturer into cyberspace asks the same question when being introduced to a new face in this mysterious and sublime blogging continuum: who are these people and what are they doing here?
My name is Conor Gillies and, with my good friend Leo Oliva, we will be documenting our work, feelings, and thoughts as we spend our summer at the Yarmouth School Garden. Conceived by a wonderful group of coordinators, nutritionists, and master gardeners, the YSG is a vegetable garden designed to help promote organic farming while feeding the Yarmouth School System.
The whole thing reached newspaper-worthy proportions.
So how did we get involved?
Last April, Leo and I applied for the Yarmouth Alumni Association (or the YAA, as we affectionately know them) Community Stewardship Grant. The grant is described as thus:
"The YAA Community Stewardship Grant was created to fund a project by a YHS group of junior or senior students that meets an identified local need. Projects address issues of public health and welfare, education or environmentalism in the state of Maine."
Public health and welfare? Education? Environmentalism? What better a cause than a Community Garden? With high spirits and focused minds, the renowned Conor/Leo Duo struck again. With $3000 in funding, it was clear that grueling (but enlightening) adventures lay ahead.
So now, as the road ahead of us begins to clear, the need for documentation is apparent.
Indeed, this will be an experience.
