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Guerrilla Gardening

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March/April 2002
By Carly Stasko 
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Place your tray inside another, unpunctured container, and irrigate by pouring water into the outer tray.

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Set your plantings next to a sunny window. The top of your computer terminal is the perfect temperature for sprouting seeds quickly.

Check your seeds regularly and remove the cover as soon as shoots appear. With sunflowers, the first leaves are part of the seed case. When more leaves develop, you can separate your sprouts into larger containers. Make little depressions in the soil, about two inches deep, and gently place the seedlings in them. Be kind to the roots. For instructions on how to make your own "quick rot guerrilla pots" and much more, check out www.primalseeds.org/gpots.htm.

Keep the seedlings moist (not wet) and water from below as before. After a couple more weeks (not too long or they’ll get cramped) they’ll be ready to beautify the urban blandscape.

To protect your seedlings from animals and the elements for the first few days outside, cut the tops and bottoms off milk jugs and place them over your seedlings.

Guerrilla gardening is like graffiti with nature, except it is prettier and easier to undo. If you don’t have permission to plant, it is technically illegal. But so is having milk crates in your house, so the trick is not to get caught. When you go out planting, bring a friend or two (not too many) and be prepared to talk to strangers. People will ask what you’re doing and why. I made a little zine explaining guerrilla gardening to hand out, but you can always just smile and remain mysterious. Either way, raise a green fist and sprout into action.

From This Magazine (March/April 2001). Subscriptions: $35/yr. (6 issues) from 401 Richmond St. W. #396, Toronto, ON M5V 3A8.

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