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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl

1402 Posts

Deb
Chattanooga TN
USA
1402 Posts

Posted - Aug 26 2010 :  03:26:25 AM  Show Profile
http://triblocal.com/Northbrook/detail/209712.html

I'm glad this isn't my town. We have people here that plant veggies in their front yard - not as much as this woman. Her's is fantastic!

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melody
True Blue Farmgirl

3317 Posts

Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3317 Posts

Posted - Aug 26 2010 :  08:24:01 AM  Show Profile
Deb---Isn't that something??


Melody
Farmgirl #525
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl

1319 Posts

audrey
cheyenne wy
1319 Posts

Posted - Aug 26 2010 :  1:31:12 PM  Show Profile
Typical government hog wash, trying to shut her down! Unlike my usual garden,this looks like she's taking very good care of it and not letting it go to weeds. Hope they can get the village to back off.

Audrey

Toto, we're not in Kansas any more!
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TeresaJ25
True Blue Farmgirl

975 Posts

Teresa
Medford NY
USA
975 Posts

Posted - Aug 26 2010 :  5:11:52 PM  Show Profile
We should all have more vegetable gardens in the front yard!!
I wish that I could sign that petition.

~Teresa
Farmgirl Sister #1348

*Anyone can criticize and complain and predict doom and gloom.
Be the person who fills the room with sunshine!
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laurentany
True Blue Farmgirl

3259 Posts

Laurie
Patchogue NY
USA
3259 Posts

Posted - Aug 26 2010 :  5:30:52 PM  Show Profile
Wow! How ridiculous is that! That anyone would "complain" that someone was making good use of their land is ludicrous (nice spelling- guess I cant spell when I am angry!)
I actually have a raised bed vegetable garden in my front yard this year (small garden but still....) and let me tell you I have BIG plans for next year!
My neighbors have no complaints- in fact they call me and say "Mary Mary quite contrary how does your garden grow?" Hee Hee Hee.
I do share the wealth with them, and I could NOT imagine anyone having a problem with this. If you ask me it makes perfect sense! Grass is just an added chore- and gives you nothing back in return!
Very interesting!
Thanks for posting!
Smiles,
Laurie
Farmgirl Sister#1403

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away..
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl

4737 Posts

Dawn
Naperville Illinois
USA
4737 Posts

Posted - Aug 27 2010 :  2:10:04 PM  Show Profile
Northbrook is a very expensive, yuppie area. They are very status conscious there. This lady's yard looks well kept and tended to me, but probably not up to their standards.

Dawn in IL
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solilly
True Blue Farmgirl

726 Posts

Lillian
Williamsburg Virginia
USA
726 Posts

Posted - Aug 27 2010 :  2:21:25 PM  Show Profile  Click to see solilly's MSN Messenger address  Send solilly a Yahoo! Message
Boy some people they do not get it. She is being the true green and feeding her self with the best natural food out there. They need to get a grip with life and the ecomony. I wish we could help her. Lilly

learning the life I always wanted.
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl

11303 Posts

kristin
chickamauga ga
USA
11303 Posts

Posted - Aug 27 2010 :  3:56:15 PM  Show Profile
Yep, that's just crazy. But then some people just are. I ride by people's huge manicured lawns and think that'd be a great place for cows or goats or sheep. Goodness, just think all the $ they'd save on gas to fill up those tractors and all the time they'd save too. they might have time to spend with their family. Oh wait. They probably have yard people to do it for them.

My DD and her fiance plowed up their front yard on both sides to put in gardens. You wouldn't believe some of the strange looks they got.

I sure hope all those signatures mean something and will help them.

Kris

Happiness is simple.
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl

2900 Posts

Anna
Seagrove NC
USA
2900 Posts

Posted - Aug 28 2010 :  03:51:21 AM  Show Profile
Far more appealing than tacky lawn art!

This is art you can eat!
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Lanna
True Blue Farmgirl

330 Posts

Lanna
A little town in Idaho
330 Posts

Posted - Aug 28 2010 :  2:22:07 PM  Show Profile
Sigh. I detest the way things are running in this country now. Unless the house is part of an HOA or the city actually owns that lot, it shouldn't be anybody's business. Yet another reason I just want to hole up in the middle of nowhere away from people.

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Lanna, mama to three little monkeys and growing a new little sprout - born at home in a creative place Feb 2010
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