Community gardens are keeping food pantry shelves stocked and last updated 2021-04-09 12:45:18-04 As an urban farmer, Colin Lyman is acutely aware of the changes in the seasons and the change in the world that surrounds his community garden in the heart of Baltimore, Maryland. Lyman was not raised on a farm, and yet, here he finds himself, in the middle of Baltimore, tending to a quarter of an acre of land for The 6th Branch, a community nonprofit that aims to help the community through various volunteer projects. "Thereâs no fence around our farm so anybody can stop by and get produce," Lyman said as he checked on seedlings that have been growing in a greenhouse this winter.