Visitors today find a small grandstand with rusty, broken-down fencing, chickens pecking at the weed-strewn, bumpy pitch and offices that are empty and apparently unused, with computer terminals still wrapped in plastic.
They also lined the front fence with chicken wire.
The vegetable garden got a five-foot fence, with chicken wire dug 18 inches into the ground.
For brief as it is, the life expectancy of a farm animal would be considerably briefer in the world beyond the pasture fence or chicken coop.
It grew a pool, a fence, a chicken run, and a tuck shop, all at the taxpayers' expense.
It grew a pool, a fence, a chicken run and a tuck shop, all at the taxpayer's expense.
Peter no longer raids McGregor's garden for vegetables but grows his own and has his plot surrounded with a fence and chicken wire to keep predatory bunnies out.
Makeshift fences of chicken wire and rough boards divide the land into small, overgrown gardens filled with mint and red peppers.
After classes, the 15 current members are bused a mile down to the farm, where they mend fences, feed chickens and clear trails, as well as plant and harvest crops.
I racked up a $600 tab on lumber, chicken wire fence, fence posts, soil, fruits, and vegetables.
