Well, here in this densely populated city, it was either grass or,
(tomatoes and squash, thank God
Posted on 12/12/2017 1:45:22 PM PST by Red Badger
But they are not given that authority. The principles are found in guidelines from such authorities as IFAS or the Urban Forester. Now the city can probably request that the vegetables be planted in a more traditional design setting instead of just rows. But an outright ban on veggies that met the intentions of the Florida friendly landscape law would probably be shot down by a judge who knew the Statute.
*PING*
“Know of any other ‘flowers’ that are edible?”
I’ve grown and eaten the following:
Nasturtium
Calendula
Bachelor Button
Roses (not sprayed, of course!)
Borage (Tastes like cucumber!)
Violets (Makes a great liquor!)
Bean Blossoms (don’t eat them all; no beans, then!)
Allium (chive blossoms)
Bee Balm (makes a great tea)
Elderberry (also, tea)
Cilantro (gets a white flower; most people eat the leaves)
Dill
Dandelion (makes a great wine!)
Lavender
Squash Blossoms (usually from Zucchini)
“...so the couple said they will take their case to the Florida Supreme Court.”
Personally? I think front yard veggie gardens, unless you are expert at designing and maintaining them, look sloppy to me. I don’t like the look of various pots plopped here and there, or growing stuff in tubs or old stacks of tires, LOL!
That said, I have a Kitchen Garden which is to the West of my farmhouse...and if for SOME reason I was told I couldn’t have it, I’d be packin’ shells on my front porch!
Or if for some UNKNOWN reason, like I went INSANE and lived in a suburb against my will, I might feel differently.
But, even if you have many hundreds of acres around you (as we do) and no neighbors, save for milk cows and buffalo for miles in any direction, Mother Government could easily screw with me too, if she feels like it.
*SPIT*
And did you also know that all of the little tiny seeds in a strawberry are the ‘fruit’ of that plant, and NOT the berry?
Nature Is Weird. But, she always, always wins! :)
Yeah, the problem is I don’t want to live in Texas.
In Madison Wisconsin I grew a beautiful green pepper in my front yard in my flower garden. It tasted like exhaust. What a disappointment.
Sign your name and buy into HOA, you deserve whatever happens next.
This wasn’t an HOA but a village ORDINANCE!......................But you are correct in the second part..............
The Florida Supreme Court isn’t much better..................
Tastes like wild hickory nuts?......Euell Gibbons, izzat you?????.............
Must have had a lot of oil in the soil..................
Hooo, boy...what an ugly yard! < /sarc >
But seriesly, you can tell by looking at the loving couple that it is just a racist regime, picking on them!
Dandelions are edible - flower and leaves.
Maybe I should drill;>)
Well, here in this densely populated city, it was either grass or,
(tomatoes and squash, thank God
Sorry. I would NOT want that as my front/side yard - and I don’t have any neighbors for many miles in any direction. Glad you’re growing food, and I hope you enjoy the process and the result, but I STILL wouldn’t want my neighbor’s property lowering my property value if, again, I went INSANE and had to live in Suburbia. ;)
As for lowering my property value, believe me when i tell you that this is hardly a factor in around here, demand being what it is. This 100-year old (with one outlet per bedroom, and 5 on one breaker) 3 decker with no parking is estimated at almost 700,000, as is the one across the street (with a driveway) while the 100-year old smaller 3 decker with no parking and no real front yard (and trash barrels in the alley btwn the buildings) went for over 500,000, up from about 340,000 3 years ago. And who pay 1,900 rent for each 3 bedroom apt., even though this city has one the lowest income levels.
An old abandoned (family squabble i heard) 3 decker down the street that was so dilapidated that you could see the sky thru the roof, and with about 8 feet of land in the front and sides and maybe 15 in the back and no parking, was sold at auction for 349,000, and gutted, renovated and sold as condos for 350,000 for each of the 3. Yuppies bought them (who usually do not try to interact with the working class Latino neighborhood).
There, a front yard garden would actually look inconsistent with the new building, whereas having a front yard garden in this culture and class of buildings can be seen as positive thing. But this is not a bunch of pots laid around, nor is it some unkempt mass of weeds or plants which just sit there. It produces food for us and the neighbors, who overall have been very amiable and easy to get along with, thank God, while i read about some people in the suburbs having fights over grass clippings and leaf blowers!
To each his own. :)
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