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A review by tophat8855
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter
4.0
Carrie says I HAVE to read this NOW. So I am. I'm a pushover like that. Peer pressure just gets me sometimes.
Finished! I think the fact that I recognized the names and descriptions of places made it fun. Why, yes, I have driven down MLK many many times and have passed the individuals wandering the streets with shopping carts. She didn't mention the row of mattresses where homeless people sleep under highway at 29th, but that's a new practice, I think. I used to drive by them weekly running errands before we moved. Now I'm closer to Berkeley, so I do my shopping there instead of Oakland. Also, my landlady knows Novella personally- these urban farmer/homesteaders know each other! Actually, our landlords butchered 2 ducks this weekend and I thought about this book. We didn't stay to watch the butchering because I thought it might be a little much for our 3 year old, but if I can get away from her for the next time, I would like to be there.
This book was well-written and easy to follow, kind of conversational.
Finished! I think the fact that I recognized the names and descriptions of places made it fun. Why, yes, I have driven down MLK many many times and have passed the individuals wandering the streets with shopping carts. She didn't mention the row of mattresses where homeless people sleep under highway at 29th, but that's a new practice, I think. I used to drive by them weekly running errands before we moved. Now I'm closer to Berkeley, so I do my shopping there instead of Oakland. Also, my landlady knows Novella personally- these urban farmer/homesteaders know each other! Actually, our landlords butchered 2 ducks this weekend and I thought about this book. We didn't stay to watch the butchering because I thought it might be a little much for our 3 year old, but if I can get away from her for the next time, I would like to be there.
This book was well-written and easy to follow, kind of conversational.