it’s difficult to grow food in the city but more and more people are trying to
but more and more people are trying to
but more and more people are trying to we usually don’t get access to the big
we usually don’t get access to the big
we usually don’t get access to the big open fields what we get are the scraps
open fields what we get are the scraps
open fields what we get are the scraps we get the tiny side yards we get the
we get the tiny side yards we get the
we get the tiny side yards we get the little scrap of lawn between the
little scrap of lawn between the
little scrap of lawn between the sidewalk and the street my job is to
sidewalk and the street my job is to
sidewalk and the street my job is to re-engineer those pieces of land into
re-engineer those pieces of land into
re-engineer those pieces of land into edible spaces that are producing food
edible spaces that are producing food
edible spaces that are producing food for the families that live around them
for the families that live around them
for the families that live around them well that’s a good idea let’s not put
well that’s a good idea let’s not put
well that’s a good idea let’s not put this guy in there then let’s put the
this guy in there then let’s put the
this guy in there then let’s put the raspberries where the rosemary is most
raspberries where the rosemary is most
raspberries where the rosemary is most people’s great-grandparents and probably
people’s great-grandparents and probably
people’s great-grandparents and probably their grandparents have had a garden I
their grandparents have had a garden I
their grandparents have had a garden I grew up with a garden I hear that a lot
grew up with a garden I hear that a lot
grew up with a garden I hear that a lot from people they say oh you know my
from people they say oh you know my
from people they say oh you know my grandmother had this this huge garden it
grandmother had this this huge garden it
grandmother had this this huge garden it was so beautiful I want to recreate that
was so beautiful I want to recreate that
was so beautiful I want to recreate that for my kids
for my kids
for my kids Charlie but there’s a gap there where it
Charlie but there’s a gap there where it
Charlie but there’s a gap there where it seems like a whole generation of people
seems like a whole generation of people
seems like a whole generation of people just completely missed out on what it is
just completely missed out on what it is
just completely missed out on what it is to grow your own food there is enormous
to grow your own food there is enormous
to grow your own food there is enormous value in putting the food system in the
value in putting the food system in the
value in putting the food system in the community as opposed to making it some
community as opposed to making it some
community as opposed to making it some abstract thing where tomatoes come in
abstract thing where tomatoes come in
abstract thing where tomatoes come in cellophane tomatoes come off a vine and
cellophane tomatoes come off a vine and
cellophane tomatoes come off a vine and they can come off a vine in your
they can come off a vine in your
they can come off a vine in your backyard and that is an extraordinarily
backyard and that is an extraordinarily
backyard and that is an extraordinarily empowering things for people in addition
empowering things for people in addition
empowering things for people in addition to being delicious this is about as
to being delicious this is about as
to being delicious this is about as urban as it gets it’s very busy and very
urban as it gets it’s very busy and very
urban as it gets it’s very busy and very noisy and crowded but this garden is
noisy and crowded but this garden is
noisy and crowded but this garden is sort of a secret on our reef coming up
sort of a secret on our reef coming up
sort of a secret on our reef coming up here and finding the new growth every
here and finding the new growth every
here and finding the new growth every day it’s just is a huge surprise and it
day it’s just is a huge surprise and it
day it’s just is a huge surprise and it just brings me so much joy that’s hard
just brings me so much joy that’s hard
just brings me so much joy that’s hard to explain
a vegetable garden as has rich soil
a vegetable garden as has rich soil there’s flowers there’s natives and it
there’s flowers there’s natives and it
there’s flowers there’s natives and it fosters a healthy ecosystem the kids are
fosters a healthy ecosystem the kids are
fosters a healthy ecosystem the kids are racing out the door first thing in the
racing out the door first thing in the
racing out the door first thing in the morning and they’ve you know I’m not
morning and they’ve you know I’m not
morning and they’ve you know I’m not finished all of their food I can take
finished all of their food I can take
finished all of their food I can take those leftovers out to the hens they’re
those leftovers out to the hens they’re
those leftovers out to the hens they’re getting a good breakfast there’s not a
getting a good breakfast there’s not a
getting a good breakfast there’s not a whole lot of waste they get our
whole lot of waste they get our
whole lot of waste they get our leftovers they lay eggs we eat the eggs
leftovers they lay eggs we eat the eggs
leftovers they lay eggs we eat the eggs we’re all kind of having this nutrient
we’re all kind of having this nutrient
we’re all kind of having this nutrient circle that is pretty pretty wonderful
circle that is pretty pretty wonderful
circle that is pretty pretty wonderful pretty remarkable you might not be able
pretty remarkable you might not be able
pretty remarkable you might not be able to feed your whole family growing in
to feed your whole family growing in
to feed your whole family growing in your backyard but you can produce a
your backyard but you can produce a
your backyard but you can produce a whole lot in a small little space and
whole lot in a small little space and
whole lot in a small little space and the food that comes out there is going
the food that comes out there is going
the food that comes out there is going to be more nutritious and tastier than
to be more nutritious and tastier than
to be more nutritious and tastier than anything you can buy in the store
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