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

by Dyer, Hadley.

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Annick Press, c2012.

635.091732 D996p

Urban gardening -- Juvenile literature.

Gardening -- Juvenile literature.

9781554514250 (hbk.)

1554514258 (hbk.)

9781554514243 (pbk.)

155451424X (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Farming in the city

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

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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