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Posted: Jul/02/2009 7:22 AM PST
This article was just published in a Baltimore magazine called Urbanite: http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/sub.cfm?issueID=7 4§ionID=4&articleID=1263 Spaces might appear in that URL. Just get rid of them to see the post if you have problems. Here's a sample of the article. "Horticulturally, my formative years were schizophrenic. My father was a salesman for a lawn-fertilizer company; I’ll always remember him on top of a riding mower, plying his monotonous expanse of suburban green. My mother, on the other hand, grew up a farmer’s daughter, and she was used to putting the land to work, growing peas, lettuce, or rhubarb for the table. "Four years ago, when I bought my own home in suburbia—a run-down Rodgers Forge rowhouse with a scraggly, south-facing lawn—I had to choose which side I would follow. I get my environmental sensibilities from Mom, so I did what seemed natural: I started ripping out the grass and planting vegetables.... "But if the process of re-greening the Forge has earned us the admiration of some neighbors, it’s also stirred some ire. This spring, I got a letter from the Rodgers Forge Community Association telling me that my front-yard garden 'does not adhere to the ideal of keeping a traditional design.' The association wants the garden gone...." Attachments:  |
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Posted: Jul/02/2009 7:59 AM PST
I guess when people choose to live in an area with HOA, they may have a set of rules to follow. I live in town but have no HOA and feel people should do whatever they want to with their yards. Of course, I may feel differently if my neighbors had a hog pen in their front, but plants...esp veggies...who cares?? |
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Posted: Jul/02/2009 3:29 PM PST
That was an excellent article. I know when we lived in California in a condo we had a friend's stuff that he'd bagged in trash bags on our back patio in a solid enclosed area. It was on a hillside and if you were tall and walking on the next level up you could see the patio. Someone complained and we got told to remove the "trash" which wasn't trash so we put it right in front of our inside sliding glass doors. They couldn't say a thing about that.  This was the same place where people watched me relentlessly trying to get someone's attention when my then 4 year old and I got accidently shut out on the patio because the security stick inside fell down so we couldn't open the door. I had to tape up and break the kitchen window to climb in. I hope that gentlemen gets the ball rolling to help people alleviate living costs by allowing creative and traditional old growing methods. We need real, old fashioned, WW2 style Victory Gardens. |
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Posted: Jul/02/2009 5:55 PM PST
I read recently that lawns use up a considerable portion of every municipality's water supply. Wouldn't that space and that water be put to better use producing food??? |
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Posted: Jul/03/2009 1:53 PM PST
It's going to take time for people to get on the bandwagon. Even my mom said that she needed to mow because the clover was blooming. Heck, I love to see clover in a yard! She mows more than golf courses just cuz she likes being on her tractors. Oh well. |
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Posted: Jul/03/2009 4:38 PM PST
Yes excellent article. My feeling is we will be seeing more people plow and dig up portions of their lawns/yards in order to grow vegetables and other plants. For so long now people have not had time to take care of their lawns and have hired others to do it for them. That costs money and these days money is more precious than ever. So go forth and dig and plant and share the bounty. |
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Posted: Jul/05/2009 6:12 AM PST
Too bad.......so sad.......wonder if you planted some pretties along with the veggies..........if they might have a change of heart???...Worth a try! Who can knock BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS?????? and VEGGIES! Good Luck!! Birdie < |
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