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"John R Cambron" * wrote in message ... To my eye your "furry front yard" looks unkempt. Being that it yours I have no say in the matter. Me too but it depends where you live. Large adjacent development would probably arrest him too. My small neighborhood, compared to one of my next door neighbors, his yard looks highly manicured. Me, I like things a little wild, and would be out of place in some of the big suburban cemeteries like the big development near me. Frank |
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Frank Logullo wrote:
"John R Cambron" wrote: To my eye your "furry front yard" looks unkempt. Being that it yours I have no say in the matter. Me too but it depends where you live. Where I grew up, a traditional English cottage garden was viewed as being worse than a car up on blocks. Xeroscaping (although I didn't know anyone who even knew that term, if it even was invented yet) was also frowned upon. And don't even think of naturalizing crocus in a lawn. They might as well have been dandelions. Many cities have noxious weed ordinances that they use to justify going onto inner-city vacant lots to mow them. The problem comes when the people who are enforcing the ordinances have no gardening, horticultural or botany experience. Anything taller than ankle high better have a flower they recognize, or have woody stems so they can call it a shrub. Ornamental grass? To them, Kentucky Bluegrass is the only ornamental grass allowed, and it better be mowed. Ground cover? You mean Kentucky Bluegrass? Hollyhocks, lilies and gladiolus, if not in bloom, are far too tall, and must be weeds. They'll write the ticket for anything. If the property owner mows it down, they were right. If the property owner doesn't respond, someone will mow it down for them. And if the property owner challenges, well, maybe then they'll send a qualified person out to check. Maybe. Maybe they'll just take a few pictures, and count on the judge not caring about anything other than how bad it looks in their poorly taken pictures. Meanwhile down the street there will be people dumping chemicals on their lawn in such quantities that they're turning it into a future Superfund site who are allowed to continue to assault the environment, pollute the soil and ground water, and poison the neighborhood pets and children. If the only things they have that are higher than ankle-high are some foundation shrubs too close to the foundation of the house, they're okay. On the other hand, I'm not thrilled with landscapes that make walking down the sidewalk an obstacle course. I don't like vegetation that blocks traffic signs. And I don't like tall shrubs so close to the corner that I have to pull out into traffic from the left just to see if there's any traffic from the right. When it comes down to these safety issues, I don't care if they're weeds, or expensive specimens. All that said, I'm not sure I like what's in the picture. There's not enough context to tell if it looks good. But it doesn't appear to be a safety problem, and, as far as I can tell, isn't neglected. What must be the most frustrating about this is they apparently never clearly articulated what they thought the problem was. "It violates the ordinance." "How?" "It just does." That's not a very satisfying exchange. And even though this ticket was dismissed, without knowing why it was written in the first place, it's not a victory. New tickets could be on their way, and unless they state how or why, there's no way to really address the what. -- Warren H. ========== Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife. Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants to go outside now. Have an outdoor project? Get a Black & Decker power tool:: http://www.holzemville.com/mall/blackanddecker/ |
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