But noticeably absent is anything considered by Miami Shores to be a
vegetable. That's because earlier this year, after tending her garden
for 17 years with nothing from the neighbors but compliments, Ricketts
was ordered to dig up her veggies.
She says she was surprised several months ago when a zoning inspector
stopped by.

"He told me I was not allowed to have vegetables in the front yard,"
she says.

Under a zoning ordinance tightened last spring, residents in Miami
Shores are not allowed to have vegetable gardens in their front yards.
In August, Ricketts went before the town's code enforcement board to
protest, but board chairman Robert Vickers was less than sympathetic.

The board ruled the vegetables must go. The zoning inspector told
Ricketts which plants she had to pull up. She complied, but wasn't
done with her fight.

Home of the brave, land of the free.......


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