Fallbrook's Community Garden is full of possibilities

For Mission Resource Conservation District, the idea of providing a community garden for Fallbrook residents with no space to grow their own has been germinating for 10 years. Although Fallbrook is full of groves and nurseries, it is also home to many apartment complexes, senior retirement homes and mobile home parks.

Back in 2006, Mission Resource staff "had difficulty locating a place for " said district manager Judy Mitchell, "we were grateful to the [Fallbrook Public] Utility District" which offered the plot of land at 1717 Alturas Road for lease.

In the years after the plot was...