tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933657497401116200.post8523913100776046108..comments2012-07-22T23:28:46.253-07:00Comments on gin + gelato: Berlin's super-sized community gardens (and why they should be exported to the U.S.)Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00985806613291272547noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933657497401116200.post-31081599452243798142010-08-07T11:41:23.354-07:002010-08-07T11:41:23.354-07:00Very interesting story, with some great history an...Very interesting story, with some great history and context. love it. A lot of the German community gardens are also along railroad rights-of-way. Good timing, too, as a community garden movement has (ugh,sorry, can't resist the pun) sprouted here in Summit County, Colorado: http://wp.me/pJ91e-2Gb and: http://wp.me/pJ91e-2SC <br /><br />My grandma in Austria gardened one of those small community plots in fertile land just a few yards from the banks of the Danube. the gardens were in the floodplain, as a greenspace buffer.I can STILL smell and taste the earth, carrots and tomatoes! She also had a pear tree with small, super-soft, sweet fruit that was incredibly appealing to fruit wasps. It took me a while to realize they wouldn't sting me, but once I did, I started sitting up in that tree for hours at a time, eating one pear after another.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com