Woman Faces 93-Days in Jail For Planting Vegetable Garden - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T10:57:46Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/woman-faces-93days-in-jail-for?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A149975&feed=yes&xn_auth=noDo it! I think I'll form a co…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-07-12:4778851:Comment:1509592011-07-12T02:28:21.289ZEric Warwickhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/EricWarwick
Do it! I think I'll form a complaint about the destructive, ugly, and disgraceful thing that is called a lawn. <br></br>
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<p>I personally find lawns rather horrible to look at, I wonder if I should start complaining to code enforcement about all these people with lawns that cause noise pollution and…</p>
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Do it! I think I'll form a complaint about the destructive, ugly, and disgraceful thing that is called a lawn. <br/>
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<cite>TCLynx said:</cite><br />
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<p>I personally find lawns rather horrible to look at, I wonder if I should start complaining to code enforcement about all these people with lawns that cause noise pollution and air pollution twice a week when they have to mow and weed whack and blow the leaves around and disturb the peace of the neighborhood.</p>
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</blockquote> I think in this case it is mo…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-07-12:4778851:Comment:1512132011-07-12T00:45:28.451ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>I think in this case it is more a situation of the local government oiling the squeeky wheel so to speak. Basically letting the vocal complainers to code enforcement dictate what is acceptable by jumping to their every complaint. There are some parts of the country where the gov finally pushed back and said that HOA's are not allowed to say people can't have solar panels and clothes lines, but the garden is still a gray area in most of the country and so few people actually garden for food…</p>
<p>I think in this case it is more a situation of the local government oiling the squeeky wheel so to speak. Basically letting the vocal complainers to code enforcement dictate what is acceptable by jumping to their every complaint. There are some parts of the country where the gov finally pushed back and said that HOA's are not allowed to say people can't have solar panels and clothes lines, but the garden is still a gray area in most of the country and so few people actually garden for food these days that there are not many of this sort of case yet.</p>
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<p>I personally find lawns rather horrible to look at, I wonder if I should start complaining to code enforcement about all these people with lawns that cause noise pollution and air pollution twice a week when they have to mow and weed whack and blow the leaves around and disturb the peace of the neighborhood.</p> Hi All,
Just goes to show tha…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-07-11:4778851:Comment:1505702011-07-11T23:10:29.845ZHarold Sukhbirhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/HaroldSukhbir
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<p>Just goes to show that the policies/systems of our leaders are out of touch with the present reality of the world. This could be the start to initiate a wake up call for them and us all. What surprises me is that there seems to be no one with enough foresight coming forward to address this!</p>
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<p>Just goes to show that the policies/systems of our leaders are out of touch with the present reality of the world. This could be the start to initiate a wake up call for them and us all. What surprises me is that there seems to be no one with enough foresight coming forward to address this!</p> Rightly so TCLynx, because so…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-07-11:4778851:Comment:1510042011-07-11T18:03:30.588ZWayne Hallhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/WHall
<p>Rightly so TCLynx, because some neighbour didn't like the "LOOK", it would be just as easy to put a nice flowering hedge in front of the raised beds, but then again everyone has their own "taste" on things, personally I think it looks find.</p>
<p>I have watermelon and tomatoes growing in my front yard, but I also have huge sunflowers and giant zinnias as well which people notice first.</p>
<p>Rightly so TCLynx, because some neighbour didn't like the "LOOK", it would be just as easy to put a nice flowering hedge in front of the raised beds, but then again everyone has their own "taste" on things, personally I think it looks find.</p>
<p>I have watermelon and tomatoes growing in my front yard, but I also have huge sunflowers and giant zinnias as well which people notice first.</p> Yes, I understand your argume…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-07-11:4778851:Comment:1510022011-07-11T17:51:44.051ZRichard Wymanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RichardWyman
<p>Yes, I understand your arguments TCL, I am just saying the neighbors might not have complained if it didn't look like it is half done landscaping, While I don't think that her garden is a crime I do think it could look better. If you want to garden in the front yard that is cool. But..........when buyers come looking they want a nice looking neighborhood. With a little extra effort it can look better. Just a few rocks around her raised beds, a few more flowers mixed in around would make a…</p>
<p>Yes, I understand your arguments TCL, I am just saying the neighbors might not have complained if it didn't look like it is half done landscaping, While I don't think that her garden is a crime I do think it could look better. If you want to garden in the front yard that is cool. But..........when buyers come looking they want a nice looking neighborhood. With a little extra effort it can look better. Just a few rocks around her raised beds, a few more flowers mixed in around would make a huge difference in appearance. And maybe silence the critics</p>
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<p> </p> Front yard or back yard, do y…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-07-11:4778851:Comment:1509272011-07-11T17:23:31.933ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
Front yard or back yard, do you really want your neighbors to tell you how to live your life? The code enforcement officer didn't go searching the neighborhood looking for front yards to site, some neighbor complained to code enforcement that they didn't like what was going on at "such and such" address so then the code enforcement had to go look and instead of simply saying, hum, looks like plant material to me, they went and sent it up the line to the noddleheaded supervisor who things lawns…
Front yard or back yard, do you really want your neighbors to tell you how to live your life? The code enforcement officer didn't go searching the neighborhood looking for front yards to site, some neighbor complained to code enforcement that they didn't like what was going on at "such and such" address so then the code enforcement had to go look and instead of simply saying, hum, looks like plant material to me, they went and sent it up the line to the noddleheaded supervisor who things lawns are more appropriate than raised garden beds which may have happened no matter how hard they tried to make it look nicer. While jail time is out of ord…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-07-11:4778851:Comment:1507102011-07-11T13:31:45.258ZRichard Wymanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RichardWyman
While jail time is out of order for this "offense" her garden does leave something to be desired for a front yard garden. She made no effort to make it look like the front yard. A little effort in making it look nicer might have prevented this action. It could lower home prices around her. It is sad, but it is a fact. Most people care more about home prices than if the neighbor is hungry.
While jail time is out of order for this "offense" her garden does leave something to be desired for a front yard garden. She made no effort to make it look like the front yard. A little effort in making it look nicer might have prevented this action. It could lower home prices around her. It is sad, but it is a fact. Most people care more about home prices than if the neighbor is hungry. It would be interesting to…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-07-11:4778851:Comment:1506142011-07-11T13:18:12.125ZConversehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Converse
It would be interesting to actually read the court proceedings records, which are public information. I cannot imagine ANY logical reason for her conviction given what I read in the online news articles. I wonder if there was an organized push to get her sentence removed and all charges dropped, if it would be possible? (you know, public outcry, letters, phone calls. etc..) The is a very scarry precident to set. This is just wrong.
It would be interesting to actually read the court proceedings records, which are public information. I cannot imagine ANY logical reason for her conviction given what I read in the online news articles. I wonder if there was an organized push to get her sentence removed and all charges dropped, if it would be possible? (you know, public outcry, letters, phone calls. etc..) The is a very scarry precident to set. This is just wrong. It would be nice to see, but…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-07-11:4778851:Comment:1499892011-07-11T03:18:54.029ZJon Baldwinhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JonBaldwin
It would be nice to see, but now all her neighbors know they will be persecuted and prosecuted for doing so. The System wins again.
It would be nice to see, but now all her neighbors know they will be persecuted and prosecuted for doing so. The System wins again. It'd be nice to see others in…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-07-10:4778851:Comment:1499752011-07-10T21:05:01.665ZEllen Roelofshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/EllenRoelofs
It'd be nice to see others in Oak Park planting gardens to show support.
It'd be nice to see others in Oak Park planting gardens to show support.