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The NY Times has invited a dedicated community gardener to field questions about growing your own food. That has drawn a range of questions and suggestions about ways to create gardens in otherwise unused places.
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Growing your own food in NYC community gardens, MTA property, High Line, roof, etc
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Rail Paul 
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Posted 07 April 2009 - 12:03 PM
My only complaint was that if they need to charge me $30 because they're robbing the duck to pay the boar they might as well give me a more substantial portion of flour, water, and bits of meat.
Orik, on the pasta price at Hearth in NYC
Orik, on the pasta price at Hearth in NYC
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Posted 07 April 2009 - 01:00 PM
superfund sites are particularly handy for that particular pursuit. il faut cultiver notre jardin
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~Jack Handey
*proud descendant of cheese eating surrender monkeys*
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Posted 07 April 2009 - 03:34 PM
My wife used to have a plot in the community garden in the triangle where Pacific hits Flatbush.
For the first few years she grew vegetables. We were told that if they weren't leafy, you didn't have to worry much that they were grown in some of the most polluted air you can imagine. So she grew peas, beans, stuff like that. It was great to have them. But after a few years, we became concerned, and she switched over completely to ornamental flowers.
Only one of us has died of cancer so far.
For the first few years she grew vegetables. We were told that if they weren't leafy, you didn't have to worry much that they were grown in some of the most polluted air you can imagine. So she grew peas, beans, stuff like that. It was great to have them. But after a few years, we became concerned, and she switched over completely to ornamental flowers.
Only one of us has died of cancer so far.
Bar Loser
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