This is a nice story about Patrick Gabridge who took an ugly, unused strip of land in Brookline, MA and turned it into a community vegetable garden. He decided against planting without permission (aka Guerilla Gardening) and got approval from the property manager. He planted squash, cucumbers and lots of other veggies. The little 200 foot long patch of soil (which he had tested to make sure it wasn’t contaminated) will blossom into something much more beautiful than the weedy patch it used to be. Gabridge hopes that the neighbors will help themselves to the veggies as they ripen.
You can read about his project on his blog.
Thanks for posting the story. We’ve had a lot of fun with the project and it’s only just begun. I was delighted to stumble across your blog. (I need to figure out how we can manage to raise a few chickens here in Brookline.)