Volunteer helps mission grow their own food

Kim Wolf is an avid gardener and is using her expertise to help feed those in need

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Last year, Kim Wolf an avid gardener visited the Crossroads Mission to make a food donation. While there, she inquired if the mission had ever thought of growing a community garden.

That visit planted a seed that led to the mission securing a small portion of their property for the garden. Soon they added an irrigation system and began planting.

But, Wolf took it a step further she began teaching clients at the mission about the native plants and wish seeds grow best in what soil.

" Typically we have something we can harvest quickly, like carrots or green beans that just require to be rinsed off we've done that. We've also produced 70lbs of sweet potato which we cooked and ate". Wolf says.

She then reached out to seeding companies who donated a variety of seeds. Within a few months carrots, green beans and sweet potatoes began to come in and they were picked, cleaned and cooked. The success of the small community garden inspired the mission to take it one step forward.

Now, aside from the small community garden, there are crops being grown where there was once just dirt. Wolf and the clients at the mission have planted corn, squash and even watermelon.

She hopes that those who have learned from her use their skills and continue to garden once they leave the mission.