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Potatoes on rooftops : farming in the city / Hadley Dyer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Toronto : Annick Press, c2012.Description: 83 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781554514250 (bound)
  • 1554514258 (bound)
  • 9781554514243 (pbk.)
  • 155451424X (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB453 .D94 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: This illustrated introduction to urban agriculture explains the many reasons gardeners worldwide are growing their own food in the city, as well as some of the creative techniques they use. (Miller Library Staff)Summary: Offers practical tips and techniques for urban gardening and includes an overview of the how and why of the movement.
List(s) this item appears in: Urban Farming | Green Roofs and Rooftop Gardens
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Youth Collection S494.5.U72 D94 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800140188
Total holds: 0

"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.

This illustrated introduction to urban agriculture explains the many reasons gardeners worldwide are growing their own food in the city, as well as some of the creative techniques they use. (Miller Library Staff)

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

Recommended for primary school (age 6-12) and up.

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