Free community garden offers produce and more in Oak Harbor [Video]

OAK HARBOR, Ohio — As food prices continue to stay high, a local family business is taking the initiative to make a difference.

Robert Michael Wilson is the CEO of Ayling & Reichert Co. He decided to grow an alternative, cheaper food source for his family which then became one for the entire community.

The goal of Humble Gardens is affordability for all to eat.

For the last five years, Wilson has been thinking of ways to make farming practically a zero cost if enough people put in the work. Wilson says tomorrow is not promised and he wanted to make sure his family would be able to eat with or without him.

Then in October of 2023, he started the garden around Ayling & Reichert Co., allowing all families …