"Urban Gardener" is a short story from the collection "The $83.20 Cat and Other Stories" by Winifred Elze. It's about a man growing a food crop on a traffic island in the city of Schenectady, and his neighbor watching the crop grow. It's about how both men try to fit their dreams and aspirations into an urban setting.
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