Canadian People Are Fighting Sinkhole With Tomatoes... And Winning

Kenneth Coo Published 08/21/2018 in wow

These fed up people found a juicy way to get noticed.

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The people of Toronto are nothing if not creative in getting the city's attention when calls to 311 go unheeded. Give us a steep park entrance and you'll get DIY stairs. A confusing intersection? We'll redesign it with chalk and leaves. In some parts of the world, people combat potholes with spray painted penises. Here, we prefer vegetation.
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An unlikely community garden of sorts has popped up in the base of a dangerous and unsightly sinkhole in midtown Toronto — a hole that residents say has been there for at least four months despite consistent, repeated cries to the city for help. Locals say that the hole has been growing exponentially since last monster rain storm.
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It's also been growing tomatoes. "I'm not sure exactly when the tomatoes were planted," says local resident Amanda Myers. "I pass by this sinkhole often and just thought there were weeds growing in the hole." Myers says she only noticed the fruit on these plants recently, after someone added tomato cages to support their growth. They're green, at present, but there are a lot of them, and they actually look pretty healthy — you know, for sinkhole tomatoes.
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The "Sinkhole Tomatoes" made news, worldwide news even, and suddenly there was a crew fixing the sinkhole. What a coincidence, huh?

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The people of Toronto are nothing if not creative in getting the city's attention when calls to 311 go unheeded. Give us a steep park entrance and you'll get DIY stairs. A confusing intersection? We'll redesign it with chalk and leaves. In some parts of the world, people combat potholes with spray painted penises. Here, we prefer vegetation.
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An unlikely community garden of sorts has popped up in the base of a dangerous and unsightly sinkhole in midtown Toronto — a hole that residents say has been there for at least four months despite consistent, repeated cries to the city for help. Locals say that the hole has been growing exponentially since last monster rain storm.
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It's also been growing tomatoes. "I'm not sure exactly when the tomatoes were planted," says local resident Amanda Myers. "I pass by this sinkhole often and just thought there were weeds growing in the hole." Myers says she only noticed the fruit on these plants recently, after someone added tomato cages to support their growth. They're green, at present, but there are a lot of them, and they actually look pretty healthy — you know, for sinkhole tomatoes.
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The "Sinkhole Tomatoes" made news, worldwide news even, and suddenly there was a crew fixing the sinkhole. What a coincidence, huh?