I really enjoyed this funny, down-to-earth view into not just urban farming, but urban farming in a bad neighborhood filled with characters that were sometimes unsavory but more often heart-warming. I admire Novella's dedication, especially when it comes to raising animals for food, and I love that she never seems to take herself too seriously. I also admire her ability to see and bring out the goodness in people, even in a dangerous situation where I thought she was being hopelessly naive. I sometimes felt sorry for her neighbors, but overall I agree that she probably helped make (and judging from her blog, is still making) her little corner of inner-city Oakland a better place to live. 
 I listened to this book via Audible audiobook, and it was very entertainingly narrated by Karen White.