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LEHI — A teenager from Lehi launched a plan to make sure the bounty from a community garden goes to those who need it most.
TJ Eggett and his friends moved a 250-pound structure to the Lehi South Stake Garden — a one-acre plot used as a community garden.
"I think it will help bring people together more," he said. "Just in the sense it kind of puts a little more interaction between people."
The interaction will be between amateur farmers and ordinary people. "When people are done with their crops — you know, the entire season they have more than they need — they can put the extra crops in the shed. People (who) want it can come by and take what they need," he explained.
TJ's father, Travis Eggett, grew up on a small farm and knows the value of fresh produce. He hopes people who may not be able to grow or purchase their own will benefit from this project.
"We wanted it to be close enough to the parking lot ... so when people come through they can see what's in the shed and just know that, 'hey, there's stuff there. We can stop and get some of that,'" Travis Eggett said.
Evidence of the abundance from last year's crop is all around the garden. TJ hopes this year none of it will go to waste. He thinks the shed will benefit people who have excess produce but no one to share it with.
"They can come and just drop it off here, and help out that way," he said.
TJ built the shed and made sure to finish it before growing season. He said most of the materials for it were donated by friends, neighbors and even complete strangers who saw his mother's Facebook post asking for help.
