Tracey - Guerrilla gardening : a manualfesto

Tracey, David

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GUERRILLA

GARDENING

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David Tracey

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New Society Publishers

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Copyright 2007 by David Tracey.

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For every

planter, weeder, grafter, or reaper who lept the fence to share

All my relations*

Traditional blessing among Indiginous Peoples that has also leapt the fence.

Contents

Introduction. 1

Ever onward ..3

You rule.4

School's out.7

Right of way .8

Now fear this. 13

City of no return .14

How to use this book. 16

Are you the one?.17

1 The Big Idea (Or What to Say

If You're Stopped) .19

A brief history .19

Lock down, plant up .21

By the people, for the people.22

Yippie Park .24

Green Guerrillas.24

If I can do it... Donald Loggins.-.34

Power Plant Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus).35

2 Where to Start (You DO Live Here

So Why Aren't You Home By Now?) .37

Think eco-citizen . 39

The forest not the trees .44

Nature on holiday . -46

Wilderness is within.46

Cities are alive.46

Starting-out spaces .'.47

A tale of two cities.48

Use it or lose it.50

Grow up .90

Get back.93

Park this .53

Green roofs are the new black.54

Bedtime .55

All roads lead to home.56

You said it Robert Sarti .57

If I can do it... Robert Klose .58

Power Plant Poppy (Papaver somniferum) .59

3 What to Use (Don't Reinvent the Wheel,

Borrow Someone's Car) .61

Coolest tools.61

Dig this .63

More for less.67

Fund-raising fun .67

Dirt-cheap dirt.69

Black gold .71

Garden goods .72

Real free trade.73

Seeds of death.73

Free rain .74

Digging for treasure.76

You said it Loren Rieseberg .76

If I can do it... Bev Wagar.78

Power Plant Sunflower (Helianthus annuus).80

4 Growing Basics (The Root End Goes Down) .81

Think like a plant.82

The dirt on dirt.85

Fertilizers and all that crap.86

No mono.89

Pests or friends .90

Why natives rule .91

Easy edible landscaping .92

Seed bombs.93

You said it David Tarrant .95

If I can do it... Al Pasternak .97

Power Plant Potato (Solanum tuberosum) .98

5 Naturescaping 101 (There's Always

Somebody Home in a Habitat) .101

Land claims.103

Designing for diversity.104

Will chirp for food.107

Room to grow.108

Don't be a buggist.109

Noslugsidized housing .Ill

You said it Terry Taylor.112

If I can do it... Susan Kurbis..116

Power Plant Apple (Malus domestica) .118

6 Get Off the Grass (Make It a Meadow).121

Good crop, bad crop .122

Kick your grass.125

Fields of dreams.126

From the ground up.128

You said it Bill Stephen .129

If I can do it... Mark Yardas .132

Power Plant Lavender (Lavendula species) .134

7 Grow Your Own Community Garden

(It Takes a Village to Raise a Turnip) .137

Garden grail . 138

Choose the right place.139

Choose the right people .143

Call to order .144

How to ward off developers (and their offspring).145

Link it or lose it .147

What have you done for me lately? .147

Grow your own.149

Q&A Muggs Sigurgeirson .150

If I can do it... Les King .153

Power Plant Sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) .154

8 When to Work Within

(The Art of Aikido Politics).157

The care and feeding of city officials.159

Push or pull .^62

You're blocking ..164

Oh bother.

Q&A Alan Duncan.>.166

If I can do it... Tom Wuest .171