Potatoes on Rooftops
This is another name for a vertical garden.
What is a "living wall."
What Bo does in line 7 to help save water.
What is turning off the water while brushing teeth.
She is left in charge of her family's garden.
Who is Maria Luz Duarte?
The sound given to the parrots by the author.
What is "iguaca, iguaca."
Simple and not impressive.
What is humble?
The former South African president who spent 27 years in prison.
Nelson Mandela
Bo's brother does this in the winter when he is cold.
What is turning up the heat?
This is a nickname for a person who sells seeds at an unfair price.
What is a coyote.
The first group of people to arrive in Puerto Rico.
Who were the Tainos?
Created by humans rather than nature.
What is artificial?
The number of people who grow food in urban areas.
What is 800 million?
What are scissors?
The name for the small steps that Maria Luz creates for her family's garden.
What are terraces.
This is what destroyed the Spanish Settlers homes in Puerto Rico.
What are hurricanes?
To say or do the opposite.
During World War I, The National War Garden Commission decided to solve the food shortage problem by doing this.
What is growing food on a smaller scale closer to home?
What is buying less and saving money?
The type of seeds that Don Pedro gives to Maria Luz to grow at home.
What are radish seeds?
What are black rats and honeybees?
An unusual or interesting sight.
What is a spectacle?
These are plants that are grown in water, instead of soil.
What are hydroponics?
In a play, it's the text in parenthesis.
What are stage directions/acting directions.
This is what Don Pedro makes from dead leaves, corn husks, and bean pods.
What is compost?
The name of a place where scientists take parrots to help build the population.
What is an aviary.
What is jabbing?