Gardens thrive at NYC housing for veterans
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Fred Petzold, 65, a veteran of the Vietnam War who served in the 173rd Airborne Brigade and a resident of The Knickerbocker Residence for Homeless Veterans, tends to the organic garden as a part-time employee in the Services for the Underserved Urban Gardening Program. (August 22, 2012)
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It took only a moment for a Brooklyn native and Vietnam vet to envision a garden of green peppers, tomatoes and kale in the backyard of his new home -- a Bushwick apartment building for homeless veterans.
"There was a great big hedge against that wall. I started to pull up the grass and began to plant," Fred Petzold, 64, said, recalling the day he moved in 2005. "Instead of destroying life...
