Urban Gardeners Grow Crops in Spare Spaces | National Geographic

it’s difficult to grow food in the city

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