Originally posted by ugie1028
I have a garden in the front and backyard of my home. no one seems to complain at all. I really hope this way of thinking stays the same around me. We have tomatoes, cucumbers, grapes, eggplants, etc growing.

i dont think this is right at all, good for the owner for taking it to a jurt trial... get the laws changed in that area. there's a thing called jury nullification... would work wonders in this case.

Laws changed? There is no law that says she can't do what she did.

The city code states that you must have essentially a plant of some kind... whether that be grass or a vegetable. The word suitable means appropriate. What is appropriate in the context of this law is defined in the code as "Vegetation."

Last time I checked cucumbers were considered vegetation.

::Sigh::

What is becoming of this country?

Stupid USA. You poor bastards. You are in such a deep sh*t...

Having read through this thread and the news reports, I am truly saddened by this story. It is simply another case of someone's private life being invaded by the government. The saddest part of this is that the woman will most likely end up going to jail or ending up broke from the cost of legal defense for this non-issue.

I am glad to see that she is taking a stand, but it would be nice for her neighbors to stand up for her as well. Maybe get some people from the city more actively involved in protesting the local government's behavior.

I think it's sad that a person can't even plant a vegetable garden on their own property anymore. This world is devolving quicker every day.

Well, you can always trick them by planting in an unmarked way with plants that have aesthetic qualities beyond their food potential.

For example (and I realize she is in Tenn, so all of these probably wouldn't work specifically for her):

-Sweet Potato makes a nice ground cover
-Pineapples look like bromeliads
-Malanga looks like any other arrow-shaped broadleaf plant
-Peppers grow to look like shrubs
-Mung beans grow like a cool vine

When I lived in Spain, I visited Bilbao and they had different types of lettuce growing in the medians. A plant is a plant is a plant.

Wow,thats absolutely ridiculous,jailed for something like that?!?

I heard some simular storys like that in Australia,people in the Eastern States planted some flora out the front of their house to liven it up abit.By the way they were the exact same plants that the council had used in that area for road islands and such.The council came through,ripped them up and fined the people as well...

Its just silly,they are just plants,its not a big deal.I see people planting flora as a good think,not a bad thing.

They really are trying to make us like living robots.

It is against my county ordinance to grow vegetables in my front yard, as well.

I put raised beds in the back yard, but the front gets all of the sun. The back gets some hours, but not enough really, the garden would do better with more sun, but we are getting food from it, and thats what counts.

People need to stop allowing corporate/navy laws to be erected around them, and concern them. If this woman spends any time in jail, she is being kidnapped by psychos and overpowered by evil. Do something about your system. We all need to. And stand up for whats truly right. Only common law, thou shalt not kill, rape or murder, is even valid.

Well, maybe she shouldn't have been planting her weed plants in the front yard


But in all seriousness that really blows. Believe it or not in the city i grew up in you get a $25 dollar ticket for having your car parked in the street between 2-6 in the morning. How completely stupid is that. You fall asleep for a couple hours and BOOM 2:30 A.M. and you have a ticket.

A garden in her front yard?? A beautiful one at that? No wonder they are locking this woman up. She's a menace to society with all her terrorist gardening activities.

Yet we still do nothing... nothing...

Clamp the shackles on our ankles and we'll do... nothing.

Pathetic.

shouldnt they return all the money she spent on purchasing the property as well as all the money she spent on property tax before they can say what gets planted and where???

Like them or not, these codes are everywhere.

Personally if I could afford and it and it was allowed I would rip up my entire lawn and seed it with native grasses, flowers etc. They are much better for the enviroment then the green carpets you see everywhere.