New community garden place of solace in uncertain times

Photo by Sara Diggins for the Missoulian

By MAZANA BOERBOOM for the Missoulian

After a couple of hours of weeding on Saturday, Lianna Waller was feeling accomplished. Waller and her daughter Maya cleared the whole 15-square-foot garden plot of knee-high field pennycress weeds and were ready to start planting. Maya was excited to list the array of fruits and vegetables they would grow, from cucumbers to cantaloupe.

“And we also have a pig. See!” she said as she jumped in a self-created mud puddle.