I heard Novella Carpenter speak of her urban garden in Oakland, California last Sunday on the NPR show To The Best of Our Knowledge. Interesting story on how she took a vacant lot where a large apartment was destroyed by fire and turned it into a farm.
She said once the items from illegal dumping were removed from the lot that her crew discovered a concrete slab from the apartment building was in place. They then clean it off and laid two feet of dirt and compost for their farm.
The segment with Carpenter can be heard at ttbook.org
Curious if anyone has read her book. It just came out in paperback. I'm planning on reading it.
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