Lawns must have suitable live vegetation....
July 8, 2011 11:42 AM Subscribe
What ever you do, don't even think of having a garden in your front yard. Oak Park woman Julie Bass is getting shit from local government after deciding to plant vegetables in her front yard instead of replacing grass which the water/sewer department ripped up after fixing a pipe.
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This is classic one-sided reporting. What they don't tell you is that the last time Julie Bass planted something different in her lawn the entire area was savage by 8-foot tall sentient rose bushes with a taste for human flesh.
Have some perspective people.
posted by The Whelk at 11:49 AM on July 8, 2011 [3 favorites]
Have some perspective people.
posted by The Whelk at 11:49 AM on July 8, 2011 [3 favorites]
OAK PARK CITY PLANNER TO ORGANIC VEGETABLES: GET OFF OUR LAWNS
posted by dersins at 11:50 AM on July 8, 2011
posted by dersins at 11:50 AM on July 8, 2011
Link The Whelk?
And if they were rose bushes why would that be a problem?
Besides, people should be fucking around on anyones front lawn regardless of what's there in less specifically given permission to do so.
posted by handbanana at 11:51 AM on July 8, 2011
And if they were rose bushes why would that be a problem?
Besides, people should be fucking around on anyones front lawn regardless of what's there in less specifically given permission to do so.
posted by handbanana at 11:51 AM on July 8, 2011
*shouldn't be (correction)
posted by handbanana at 11:51 AM on July 8, 2011
posted by handbanana at 11:51 AM on July 8, 2011
As Hemingway said of Oak Park: Wide lawns and narrow minds.
posted by shakespeherian at 11:52 AM on July 8, 2011
posted by shakespeherian at 11:52 AM on July 8, 2011
Link The Whelk? And if they were rose bushes why would that be a problem?
Handbanana, the fact that The Whelk stated that they were roses "with a taste for human flesh" may have been a clue that he was kidding.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 11:53 AM on July 8, 2011 [3 favorites]
Handbanana, the fact that The Whelk stated that they were roses "with a taste for human flesh" may have been a clue that he was kidding.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 11:53 AM on July 8, 2011 [3 favorites]
I thought front yard gardens were all the rage these days, but maybe that's just a SF Bay Area thing. I doubt it, though- I think Rulkowski is just behind the times.
posted by small_ruminant at 11:54 AM on July 8, 2011
posted by small_ruminant at 11:54 AM on July 8, 2011
"If you look at the definition of what suitable is in Webster's dictionary, it will say common. "
I don't have access to a paper version, so I'll just paste the definition from Webster's website:
Definition of SUITABLE
1 obsolete : similar, matching
2 a : adapted to a use or purpose -suitable for kitchen use- b : satisfying propriety : proper -suitable dress- c : able, qualified -a suitable candidate for the job-
Sounds like she goes for version 2, the planner goes for version 1. Too bad his definition is obsolete.
posted by Dr-Baa at 11:54 AM on July 8, 2011
I don't have access to a paper version, so I'll just paste the definition from Webster's website:
Definition of SUITABLE
1 obsolete : similar, matching
2 a : adapted to a use or purpose -suitable for kitchen use- b : satisfying propriety : proper -suitable dress- c : able, qualified -a suitable candidate for the job-
Sounds like she goes for version 2, the planner goes for version 1. Too bad his definition is obsolete.
posted by Dr-Baa at 11:54 AM on July 8, 2011
She's getting a head start for the zombies. Nothing wrong with that.
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl at 11:55 AM on July 8, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl at 11:55 AM on July 8, 2011 [3 favorites]
If I were to plant a vegetable garden in my front yard I'd have to put deer fencing around it. Stupid deers.
posted by tylerkaraszewski at 11:56 AM on July 8, 2011
posted by tylerkaraszewski at 11:56 AM on July 8, 2011
Sounds like the planner could also be going for 2b.
posted by infinitywaltz at 11:56 AM on July 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by infinitywaltz at 11:56 AM on July 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
By the city's logic, if a bunch of her neighbors planted front-lawn gardens it would be common, i.e. suitable, and therefore perfectly OK.
hmmmm.....
posted by oddman at 11:57 AM on July 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
hmmmm.....
posted by oddman at 11:57 AM on July 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
Handbanana, the fact that The Whelk stated that they were roses "with a taste for human flesh" may have been a clue that he was kidding.
Someone's never pruned a rose bush.
posted by villanelles at dawn at 12:01 PM on July 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
Someone's never pruned a rose bush.
posted by villanelles at dawn at 12:01 PM on July 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
my guess is that the unnamed neighbor who is opposed is the one who reported it. rules lawyers all the way up.
posted by nadawi at 12:01 PM on July 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by nadawi at 12:01 PM on July 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
Easy deer netting.
That actually looks pretty decent. Much better than I thought it would from the link title.
posted by tylerkaraszewski at 12:01 PM on July 8, 2011
That actually looks pretty decent. Much better than I thought it would from the link title.
posted by tylerkaraszewski at 12:01 PM on July 8, 2011
Yeah, not an objective news story at all. Not even one quote from the folks who gave her the ticket?
posted by Melismata at 12:07 PM on July 8, 2011
posted by Melismata at 12:07 PM on July 8, 2011
Mrs. Deadmessenger and I have a veggie garden on part of our front yard. We get visits from housing code enforcement a couple of times a year when our douchenozzle neighbors complain about it. (our county code has a specific exemption for food plots smaller than 1000 sqft, so we're OK in that regard) We've gotten to the point where our county code officers all know us - they show up, tell us our neighbors complained about our garden again, and then spend a few minutes chatting with us about what we're growing this year.
posted by deadmessenger at 12:07 PM on July 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by deadmessenger at 12:07 PM on July 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
Rabble rabble communist government rabble rabble Obama rabble rabble nanny state rabble rabble.
posted by wcfields at 12:07 PM on July 8, 2011
posted by wcfields at 12:07 PM on July 8, 2011
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