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Article: A return to the small urban farm
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- August 28, 2009
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Home & Garden writer Holly Hayes -- that would be my spouse --
and I have been running a little experiment in urban farming with a
series of raised beds that emphasize vertical gardening. We built
them over an unused driveway space that is the sunniest spot in our
backyard.
The experiment has been, on the whole, quite the success. We have
a flood of exotic squash, colorful peppers, four varieties of beans
and a rainbow of chard. Oh, yeah, and Ambrosia melons that are to
die for. As has been the case in many backyard farms this summer,
our tomato crop has been lagging, thanks to the cooler-than-normal
weather, but the towering plants are starting to pump out fruit.
We have received a flood of ...