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Gardening

Nitram

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16. Mouse, I applaud your spirit. But I wonder if it does more to make the "gardeners" feel good about

Reply to DemocracyMouse (Reply #15)

Tue May 22, 2018, 03:56 PM

May 2018

themselves than it does to ease the plight of the poor and the homeless. I'm just wondering if all that creative energy couldn't be put to better use. Something like the community organizing that Obama did in his younger days.

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I joined a guerilla mission to turn city trees into fruit trees [View all] NeoGreen May 2018 OP

That doesn't seem like a very good idea. procon May 2018 #1

From the article, a lot of babylonsister May 2018 #3

That fruit was taken from private properties where they had permission procon May 2018 #7

Birds and small animals wait as we do for the fruit to ripen before they eat it. shraby May 2018 #4

That's just not practical for a crowded city sidewalk. procon May 2018 #5

A nearby city micro park with a war monument and a peach tree ... Marcuse May 2018 #8

The town I grew up in actually pulled the fruit trees out Kilgore May 2018 #2

Fruit trees are great, but city streets need shade trees. enough May 2018 #6

I would take all the bee-fearing, fruit-averse comments more seriously if... DemocracyMouse May 2018 #9

Thanks, Mouse, but many of us do indeed give more than "half a thought to how to feed the homeless." Nitram May 2018 #11

Those are good, but so is creative urban expression which is a little off the grid. DemocracyMouse May 2018 #14

I'm not sure this is a good idea. Fruit trees need fertilization and must be pruned on a regular Nitram May 2018 #10

Good intentions - Bless them, but--- packman May 2018 #12

I agree with the opposers. femmocrat May 2018 #13

I applaud NeoGreen and the punk urban gardening kids. You nip-and-tuck gardeners... DemocracyMouse May 2018 #15

Mouse, I applaud your spirit. But I wonder if it does more to make the "gardeners" feel good about Nitram May 2018 #16

Human nature includes both the organized and the loose. DemocracyMouse May 2018 #17

Reminds me of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Been a very long time since I read that! Nitram May 2018 #18

There are a few fruit-bearing trees on my block Retrograde May 2018 #19