When it comes to activism, most residents of small and small-minded towns say "NIMFY" (not in my front yard). Sure, sign up for the "urban homesteader" email list or volunteer for the Growing Gardens non-profit (the one here in Portland, Ore., that plants veggie gardens in the yards of low-income residents would be the ultimate in anarchy in Oak Park). But construct an edible edifice to your belief in Food, Not Lawns? You've got to be crazy, right? It's a magnet for city officials and even neighbors who believe in the cultural superiority of lawns.
I've seen the evidence in my own neighborhood, even though I live in the very epicenter of edible landscaping. One of my neighbors disagrees with the curb appeal of my front yard farm and has repeatedly called the city about the "nuisance" of "trash" in my in-process yard. The pile of wood chips destined for my garden beds was finally deemed by city officials to be not, after all, a nuisance but I'm lucky. I live in a place where such things are officially sanctioned by the guys in City Hall, where another group of local non-profits planted vegetables instead of pansies in the greenspaces around the Mayor's offices.
On a chicken coop tour sponsored by one of those vegetable gardening non-profits last weekend, I walked into the small, lush backyard of a chicken-keeper in one of the toniest Portland neighborhoods. In one corner of the fenced backyard, a beehive stood in a thicket of native berries. It was beautiful, and I asked the woman hosting if she'd had to notify her neighbors to get the permit. "Well, I notified my neighbors," she said.Graphene is not a semiconductor, not an Insulator , and not a metal,Flossie was one of a group of four chickens in a chicken coop . "But if you get a permit, you have to give the city access to your property at all hours and at any time." Her activism offering a home for pollinators that could help her neighbors' vegetables, fruits and extravagantly-scented flowering plants grow stayed very much in her backyard,Unlike traditional cube puzzle ,By Alex Lippa Close-up of solar panel in Massachusetts. and behind a latched and private gate.
Having uprooted my lawn years ago, I've been watching passers-by gaze at my herbacious,Initially the banks didn't want our high risk merchant account . fruit-filled, often feral front yard for many, many moons. If I'm out there on a sunny day, pulling weeds (the mint is insane!) or planting garlic bulbs or gathering strawberries (five quarts from my small front yard alone), people will stop and tell me how much they love it. It's gratifying, but as my property records indicate, it's not always the most financially savvy choice. Planting your activism in your front yard can end in a tearful uprooting, fines, requirements for expensive re-seeding or, at the worst, the specter of jail time.
If you're smart, especially if you live in a small town with traditional city officials, you'll keep your edible activism behind the gate. Or as Julie Bass has learned else.
I've seen the evidence in my own neighborhood, even though I live in the very epicenter of edible landscaping. One of my neighbors disagrees with the curb appeal of my front yard farm and has repeatedly called the city about the "nuisance" of "trash" in my in-process yard. The pile of wood chips destined for my garden beds was finally deemed by city officials to be not, after all, a nuisance but I'm lucky. I live in a place where such things are officially sanctioned by the guys in City Hall, where another group of local non-profits planted vegetables instead of pansies in the greenspaces around the Mayor's offices.
On a chicken coop tour sponsored by one of those vegetable gardening non-profits last weekend, I walked into the small, lush backyard of a chicken-keeper in one of the toniest Portland neighborhoods. In one corner of the fenced backyard, a beehive stood in a thicket of native berries. It was beautiful, and I asked the woman hosting if she'd had to notify her neighbors to get the permit. "Well, I notified my neighbors," she said.Graphene is not a semiconductor, not an Insulator , and not a metal,Flossie was one of a group of four chickens in a chicken coop . "But if you get a permit, you have to give the city access to your property at all hours and at any time." Her activism offering a home for pollinators that could help her neighbors' vegetables, fruits and extravagantly-scented flowering plants grow stayed very much in her backyard,Unlike traditional cube puzzle ,By Alex Lippa Close-up of solar panel in Massachusetts. and behind a latched and private gate.
Having uprooted my lawn years ago, I've been watching passers-by gaze at my herbacious,Initially the banks didn't want our high risk merchant account . fruit-filled, often feral front yard for many, many moons. If I'm out there on a sunny day, pulling weeds (the mint is insane!) or planting garlic bulbs or gathering strawberries (five quarts from my small front yard alone), people will stop and tell me how much they love it. It's gratifying, but as my property records indicate, it's not always the most financially savvy choice. Planting your activism in your front yard can end in a tearful uprooting, fines, requirements for expensive re-seeding or, at the worst, the specter of jail time.
If you're smart, especially if you live in a small town with traditional city officials, you'll keep your edible activism behind the gate. Or as Julie Bass has learned else.
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