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[Hum]

ChrisJ1968, on 30 July 2012 - 19:46, said:

HOA's suck. they act in a dictator fashion

HOAs should be outlawed.

[Skwerl]

The photo isn't bad, and it doesn't sound horrible, but what you're looking at is a garden in early June. Vegetable gardens generally do NOT look pretty come July, and are definitely an eyesore in August. Mine's sure as hell not as pretty as it was a couple months ago. These plants are grown for food production- not looks!
There are things called convenants and laws and when you buy property, you agree to abide by them. The problem is that there was no law or covenant against this- it was just a matter of good taste and convention that prevent people who are not trash or hippies from putting vegetable gardens in their front lawn. If the council had let him do it, they would have to let everyone do it as well, and most of those people probably wouldn't tend their gardens even as well as this guy did.

[Hum]

^ You could always plant flowers, when the garden has finished producing.

[Wakers]

Skwerl, on 31 July 2012 - 14:28, said:

The photo isn't bad, and it doesn't sound horrible, but what you're looking at is a garden in early June. Vegetable gardens generally do NOT look pretty come July, and are definitely an eyesore in August. Mine's sure as hell not as pretty as it was a couple months ago. These plants are grown for food production- not looks!
There are things called convenants and laws and when you buy property, you agree to abide by them. The problem is that there was no law or covenant against this- it was just a matter of good taste and convention that prevent people who are not trash or hippies from putting vegetable gardens in their front lawn. If the council had let him do it, they would have to let everyone do it as well, and most of those people probably wouldn't tend their gardens even as well as this guy did.

People who have vegetable gardens are trash or hippies? Good God, what planet do you come from? I'm glad I don't live in your area.

[ILikeTobacco]

Wakers, on 31 July 2012 - 14:51, said:

People who have vegetable gardens are trash or hippies? Good God, what planet do you come from? I'm glad I don't live in your area.

On a planet called earth where money rules and your property value is influenced by the property value of your neighbor. His garden lowers the value of everyones home in the surrouding area. Large gardens, especially this one, lower the value of your home because they cost addition money to maintain. People buying houses don't usually like houses that require addition maintaince/work. Because the value of that home goes down, so does the surrouding homes. That is why these laws exist. It is the reason cities have ordinances to fine and remove anything that is deemed an eye sore. What planet is it you live on where the value of homes doesn't mean anything? If you recall, on earth, we just had a recessions due to the value of homes dropping. Please enlighten us so we can move to this magical place you live where money doesn't matter.

[Skwerl]

Wakers, on 31 July 2012 - 14:51, said:

People who have vegetable gardens are trash or hippies? Good God, what planet do you come from? I'm glad I don't live in your area.

Read more carefully. "...prevent people who are not trash or hippies from putting vegetable gardens in their front lawn."

[Wakers]

Who cares if it's their front or back lawn?

If you live in a place where a vegetable garden and other land "reduces value of you and your neighbour's property" then you're living in a pretty strange place. That's the end of it. In more sensible places, greenery increases value. Only is bizarro world does it decrease it. Then again, if it comes down to being too lazy to look after some land properly - I'm not surprised that area includes parts of the USA.

[Richteralan]

rippleman, on 30 July 2012 - 18:23, said:

tribute to Hitler,

Do you REALLY have to go this far?

[rippleman]

Richteralan, on 31 July 2012 - 18:11, said:

Do you REALLY have to go this far?

They were just examples of minor, mediocre, and extreme offensive things that people would object too.

[Richteralan]

rippleman, on 31 July 2012 - 18:18, said:

They were just examples of minor, mediocre, and extreme offensive things that people would object too.

So vegetable garden is extremely offensive?

[nicconics]

majortom1981, on 30 July 2012 - 17:06, said:

How does he stop people from taking tomatos from the plants ? Since they are in hisa front yard?

He actually probably doesn't mind, and I bet there is not that much traffic up and down his road. I bet those plats produce quite a bit of stuff also, so a few probably would not be missed. This just gave me an idea also.

[rippleman]

Richteralan, on 31 July 2012 - 18:47, said:

So vegetable garden is extremely offensive?

To some weirdos possibly.