More than 11 pounds of salt were reportedly poured on her allotment to destroy potatoes and onions that could’ve fed more than 300 people during these hard economic times.
A pack of vandals destroyed a garden that a British activist cultivated to feed her community — and now supporters are rallying around her.in which she claims assailants poured enough salt on her allotment to destroy potatoes and onions that could’ve fed more than 300 people during these hard economic times.“I came down on Saturday morning and I just tasted and saw [the salt],” Burd, who is in her mid-40s, told Kennedy News and Media.
Burd, a mother of three who lives with multiple sclerosis and lupus, started growing seasonal vegetables in her own back garden before expanding into a nearby lot. “[There’s a huge] amount of people that it’s going to affect; it’s also affecting nature. All of the nature that’s in the ground, all the worms — they’re all dead. It has a massive impact.”
The gardener plans to keep on growing food in a different section of the allotment so that she can still deliver food parcels to hungry Harlowers.that quickly surpassed its $5,000 goal: More than 5,200 donors have contributed over $112,000.Her TikTok also garnered more than 300,400 likes and 19,2000 comments, many of which shared condolences for Burd’s wasted work.A second said: “What a strange thing for someone to do. It’s clearly someone who knows it would kill the soil.
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