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In Florida, A Turf War Blooms Over Front-Yard Vegetable Gardening
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| 16 Dec 2013
| Greg Allen
Posted on 12/17/2013 11:54:34 AM PST by Theoria
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To: JRandomFreeper
The front yard looks like a commercial nursery, and it does look bad by South Florida standards. And Miami Shores has always been strict.
But they should rewrite the code to address appearance, rather than what can be planted. That papaya looks terrible and it's a fruit. OTOH, some vegetables are sold as ornamentals and look great.
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posted on
12/17/2013 12:41:06 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Vigilanteman
Even if the neighbors do complain, what's the problem? Sounds like they have a 'busybody' problem...
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posted on
12/17/2013 12:44:38 PM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: Paladin2
I see nothing wrong with gardening in the front yard. Car exhaust and dog markings add to the flavor.
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posted on
12/17/2013 12:49:53 PM PST
by
Reeses
To: Reeses
"...dog markings"
--> free fertilizer.
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posted on
12/17/2013 12:52:57 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Moonman62
"Isn't it racism to assume it's racism? "
Of course, but everything is racism, when PC'ly properly viewed.
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posted on
12/17/2013 12:54:30 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Moonman62
If they are so strict, how did she grow her garden for 17 years without a problem?
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
Maybe she came up with new ways to make the yard look bad like half-buried pots and uncovered plastic.
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posted on
12/17/2013 12:57:26 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Theoria
They must be conservatives, or her protective coloration would have helped. She should have played the race card right up front! < /sarc >
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posted on
12/17/2013 1:43:21 PM PST
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: Theoria
This is why things like cities should not exist. Counties should be the end of the line for government.
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posted on
12/17/2013 1:47:15 PM PST
by
CodeToad
(When ignorance rules a person's decision they are resorting to superstition.)
To: Theoria
NIMBYs would probably like to outlaw gardening in more rural areas, too. They’ve been complaining in parts of the West for some time already (uses too much water, alters “open space,” etc.).
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posted on
12/17/2013 2:59:58 PM PST
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: Theoria
Many sparsely populated counties are already regulated up like NYC, too.
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:01:07 PM PST
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: Jeff Chandler
I think the photos are what the government wanted to replace it. Not sure, but that’s what it looks like to me.
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:13:14 PM PST
by
Finny
(Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
To: Moonman62; JRandomFreeper; Jeff Chandler
Judging by the captions at the site, the photos are of the yard that government regulation forced her to create to replace her probably gorgeous and lush (at least during part of the year) vegetable garden. It looks pretty ugly to me and I don’t see vegetable one.
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:16:54 PM PST
by
Finny
(Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
To: Finny
I dont see vegetable one as far as I'm concerned, they are only vegetables when you eat them, otherwise they are just decorative plants......and I harvest very late at night!!!
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posted on
12/17/2013 4:59:35 PM PST
by
terycarl
(common sense rules overall)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
> Her garden is in the front yard of her home in Miami Shores, because that’s where the sun is... earlier this year, after tending her garden for 17 years with nothing from the neighbors but compliments, Ricketts was ordered to dig up her veggies.
Thanks Theoria.
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posted on
12/17/2013 5:57:19 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: Theoria
Under a zoning ordinance tightened last spring, residents in Miami Shores are not allowed to have vegetable gardens in their front yards. Plant the entire yard in tomatoes, which are not vegetables.
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posted on
12/17/2013 9:33:17 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
(_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
To: Theoria
That’s a beautiful vegetable garden.
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posted on
08/27/2014 4:28:06 PM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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