Urban growing is the current trend. Rooftop gardens are popping up all over Brooklyn. I hope that this is more than just another trend, here today, gone tomorrow, but rather evidence of an understanding that it’s important to know where our food comes from. And, if we can, to even grow it ourselves.
Gayla Trail’s latest book, Grow Good Grub, follows that mission. She’s a big proponent of urban agriculture and encourages urbanites to grow anything we want, even in the most limited of spaces. She’s been managing her rooftop garden in Toronto for the last 10 years, and she also produces the gardening website YouGrowGirl.com.
Inspired by her West Indian grandmother, who grew potatoes in a bucket on her tiny concrete balcony in Canada, Trail never stops experimenting with less-than-perfect garden spaces in urban areas. This book has inspired me to try my hand at urban growing, too, though I’m going to start easy with herbs before I tackle peppers and tomatoes.
In addition to gardening tips, the book also includes recipes. I love ketchup and hot sauce, so the tangy red pepper ketchup was an easy pick to share.
