How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
I remember how mad I got when I saw a man reach through someone's fence by the sidewalk and try to grab a tomato. I said "How dare you!" He pulled back his hand and said he'd heard it was a community garden. (13.4)
For Florence, community means that every gardener should respect his or her neighbor's plants. So she's pretty angry when a random dude tries to take a tomato from someone's garden. The craziest part of this quote is the would-be tomato-snatcher's reasoning: he figures this is a "community garden" so he can take a tomato. Were you as intrigued by the guy's response as we were? He seems to have a pretty different definition of community than Florence does. Which definition do you think Seedfolks supports?