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Potatoes on rooftops : farming in the city Hadley Dyer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextToronto : Annick Press, c2012Description: 83 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781554514243 (pbk.)
  • 155451424X (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB 453 .D988 2012
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.
Summary: Offers practical tips and techniques for urban gardening and includes an overview of the how and why of the movement.
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Circulation Circulation DLSU-D HS Learning Resource Center Circulation Circulation SB 453 .D988 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 003868 Available 3HSL2014003868
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SB 419.2 .H734 1993 Flowers for you : SB 432 .El59 2007 Covering ground : SB 433 .St31 1999 Lawns and groundcovers SB 453 .D988 2012 Potatoes on rooftops : SB 453.5 .Os73 2007 Grow organic SB 469.37 .Av38 2015 A landscaper's tools SB 473.5 .K580 2006 Rustic garden projects :

"Edited by Linda Pruessen"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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

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