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Book

Potatoes on rooftops : farming in the city

Call Number

  • J 635 DYER (CEN)

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Publication Information

Toronto : Annick Press, c2012.

Physical Description

83 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

Summary

Offers practical tips and techniques for urban gardening and includes an overview of the how and why of the movement.

Contents

  • Part 1. Hungry cities
  • City living
  • Food miles
  • Pass the potato
  • Life on the fringes
  • Inner-city deserts
  • Food oases in unexpected places
  • Security alert
  • Part 2. Plant a seed
  • Changing the urban landscape
  • Ye olde victory garden
  • Every available inch
  • Digging in
  • Small but mighty
  • The community garden
  • Good eats
  • Get growing
  • Part 3. Green your city
  • Beyond kale in kiddie pools
  • Turn down the heat
  • Chilly cities
  • City chicks
  • Does it takes like chicken?
  • Swimming uptown
  • Not going to waste
  • Water harvesting
  • Part 4. Your green thumb
  • Thinking big
  • Be part of a community
  • Green transformation
  • From Motown to growtown
  • Suburban blitz
  • The teaching garden
  • Garden smarts.

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