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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
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 Posted - May 01 2010 : 4:18:17 PM
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DH and I have talked for months about getting a greenhouse. We looked for a used one or one that was reasonable in cost. Finally we decided to use a canopy frame we had, about 8'x20'. We ordered greenhouse plastic and came up with a way to fasten it on the frame.
We are starting garden vegetables and trying plants that normally wouldn't make it in our zone. The plants are doing great.
Then we found out we are rebels! Our county commisioners have passed a law saying that greenhouses are illegal in our county unless you have a commercial license. They didn't want anyone growing marijuana.
It isn't visible from the road and we don't have a lot of company that isn't friends or family, so its staying up!
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
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natesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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angela
martinsville
indiana
USA
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Posted - May 01 2010 : 5:12:26 PM
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Go for it girl! It's not really a greenhouse, just an outdoor sun tent! I have an aunt who argued that point to an officer once and won. Hers was a home made wooden frame with visquene over it. She put a chair in the middle of the room and said the plants were for extra oxygen and the room was used for relaxation and tanning. The cop said it wasn't a store bought greenhouse and the chair made her claim legitimate. So get you a chair in there and you're covered!
Farmgirl Sister #1438
God - Gardening - Family - Is anything else important? |
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Mountain Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
806 Posts
JoAnn
Colville
Washington
USA
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Posted - May 01 2010 : 5:39:35 PM
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| When I lived in Minnesota we use to listen to a guy on the radio who would always say, "Minnesota--where absolutely nothing is allowed".JoAnn |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - May 01 2010 : 6:11:51 PM
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I love this! Great idea, Angela! She could also put a little table and put some books and an ottoman. A candle or two wouldn't hurt. I can't believe ya'll aren't allowed to have a greenhouse. That's just crazy. I would keep it up too. I'm pulling for ya. Keep us posted.
Kris
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
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Posted - May 01 2010 : 6:29:14 PM
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JoAnn, I hadn't heard that one but I'm beginning to believe it!
In the 1960's my home town discovered it still had a law on the books about "no motorized vehicles on main street".
A neighboring town here has banned solar collectors, "they aren't aesthetic". Arghhh. Sometimes stupidity is absolutely amazing!
DH says its no longer a greenhouse, its now just an oversized row cover. But I think I just may haul out a chair, just in case.
Thanks for the support.
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
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Posted - May 01 2010 : 7:06:40 PM
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Angela, you law breaker you...I would leave it up too! Did you know that in some communities you can't even have a clothesline? I am building a greenhouse on the south side of my garage. I am making it out of old storm windows. That is after the privacy fence is up!
Why not go out on a limb, that's where all the fruit is! "Mark Twain"
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
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Annika
USA
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Posted - May 01 2010 : 7:22:17 PM
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Oh you bad'uns! LOL! I think you should give secret tours! heehee. I cannot BELIEVE all of the useful things that are being banned! What a bunch of moronusus we have in places of power that make all of these duck-brained laws!
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Palouse Prairie Girls Chapter
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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Posted - May 01 2010 : 7:28:45 PM
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Oh my goodness, what next?
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
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sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - May 01 2010 : 7:41:14 PM
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i would put a chair and books in it. make it nice for you to be in anyway. we are a shut down event venue property. we have been to countless meetings and the little things count in a situation like yours. its stupid its that way, but the girls are right. find the loop holes just a thought sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cindy
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Posted - May 01 2010 : 7:56:05 PM
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Oh, you rebel, you--it's not a greenhouse, it's a sunroom! Or you could put a dog bed in it and say it's a dog house. Some laws were made to be broken--this is one of them.
cindy
"There is more to life than increasing its speed". Mahatma Gandhi
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