July 11, 2021

Front-yard farming at Meadhouse.

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Posted by Ann Althouse at 6:41 PM
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4 comments:

Meade said...

The front 40. Feet.

7/11/21, 7:24 PM
Ann Althouse said...

Temujin writes:

"Impressive!

"We live in an HOA community in Florida. I had not lived under the rules of a strict HOA previously (just one loosely knit bunch). I had read a bit about serious HOAs in the past. A few horror stories, but mostly just...meh. Nothing much but nice community standards. And that is mostly what we have here. Nice. Community. Standards. But...as in Government, there are standards and then there are standards. And all it takes is one Cynthia to make a nice, quiet community lose its mind. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5uthSOYNEo). Ours almost did recently. While you have your own garden growing in your front yard, we had to struggle to get approval to put a flower pot in ours. Or hang a flag on 'game day', or (God forbid) an American flag on a holiday. We've won the day and got some covenants amended to 'allow' us to do the simple things without upsetting Cynthia. But be happy for what you have. Enjoy it daily and thank your good judgement that you have not (yet) moved far away to a land filled with HOA communities.

"We love it here, but we did not realize what we had landed in. I hope our last battle was our last battle."

7/12/21, 9:53 AM
Ann Althouse said...

Scot asks:

"What grows in your garden? It looks healthy."

In the first 2 pictures, what's inside the squares is buckwheat. Earlier in the summer, the crop was rye, but that didn't thrive and Meade tore it out and planted buckwheat.

In the second 2 photos, that's kale. Great for clipping a serving for cooking, and it grows right back, alway ready. We're eating this while it's young and tender, so it's not at all like supermarket kale that needs to be cooked the hell out of.

7/12/21, 10:24 AM
Ann Althouse said...

Doug writes:

"This is brilliant. It is fruitful and beautiful, no mean feat.

"I am glad you posted this since your readers might consider something like what you have done. For many families, most of the yard is in the front and for others, the front is the sunniest. Yet if you are not as careful as Meade, your garden embarrasses you and appalls your neighbors.

"I have attached a picture of my wife standing in our Garden of Eatin’. The picture hides the fact that it is almost in our neighbor’s lawn and plainly visible from the street. So we were certainly at risk for scandal."

7/12/21, 10:30 AM

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