It seems to me that most condos are eventually going to have to transform themselves into something more like co-housing communities, whether they want to or not. The book Supurbia! has some good ideas on how such a transformation might gradually be brought about. I am doubtful if the vision of the authors would work in most suburban neighborhoods, for for condos it just might.

Hi, msbpodcast. I realize I used the wrong word, technically we belong to a homeowners association and we live in a non-detached unit with two floors, sloped roof -- and no land owned by each unit holder.

We actually have a bit of land around us that the association owns but there is no soil at all. It's a mix of clay and rock (and it's on a slope!). Some neighbors and I looked at it and just shook our heads. We could build some raised beds, perhaps, but I decided to look into local CSA's that encourage participation by the partial owners first. Thanks for the encouragement, I'm not giving up yet. In fact, I'm on the steering committee for The 10,000 Garden Project, which I'll write about in a future Campfire post.