War on home gardens

[gremlin]

you can read the full story at the link. its getting nuts out there. my garden looks like heck but we have had a drout and its been over 100 for a few months. hard to grow any thing when its wilting in the sun. i did get a good crop of beens and tomatos nothing else would come up. next year will be better i am betting. going to try some new seeds.

http://www.naturalnews.com/036709_home_ ... iency.html

Canada town outlaws food self-sufficiency

NaturalNews) A Canadian couple that has been growing a beautiful, meticulously-maintained front yard vegetable and herb garden has been ordered by city officials to uproot most of it by September 1 or else face lofty fines. CBC News and others are reporting that the town of Drummondville in Quebec is actually planning to ban all front yard gardens in the municipality beginning this fall; a move the spells the end of food self-sufficiency for many Canadians living in the area.

Michel Beauchamp and Josee Landry love to grow their own food. But the back yard of their well kept, Saint-Charles area home does not get enough natural sunlight throughout the day to grow the many varieties of fresh fare they have long enjoyed. So they asked their town's Environmental Services Inspector if it was permissible to grow food in their front yard, and they were given a verbal affirmative that this was not a problem.

"They used to have flowers growing, but Beauchamp has high blood pressure and wanted to eat healthier. So they planted cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchinis, beets, onions, and Brussels sprouts, among other vegetables," said CBC News about the garden. According to the same report, Beauchamp has lost an astounding 75 pounds since first planting the garden, and much of this is due to his having been able to grow and eat his own healthy food at home.


Drummondville changes its mind, betrays Beauchamp and his wife
But after the couple invested roughly $2,500 to install the garden, which is among the most tasteful and orderly front yard gardens that you will likely ever see, by the way (http://grist.org/list/city-officials-ar ... n-gardens/), Drummondville officials turned on the couple and told them that they would have to remove most of their garden or else face a daily fine of up to $300 -- and the couple was given just seven days to comply with this demand.

According to city officials, every front yard garden in Drummondville has to contain at least 30 percent grass, a requirement that Beauchamp and his wife did not comply with when they installed the garden. It does not appear that the couple was ever even told about the requirement; as they had previously received approval to plant the garden as it currently is.



Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/036709_home_ ... z23AzNOxre

[russau]

around here, itsa either the drought or the squirels that got my garden!

[gremlin]

good thing it will get better. drouts never last more thay a few years. then its to much rain.

[russau]

and low water maks good dredgeing if the water isnt stagnent!

[gremlin]

around here the water has been to low to put a boat in. the creeks have been bone dry

[Hoser John]

Really low water this year in N kalif but got a massive influx in rattlesnakes,wasps,hornet,meat bees and poison oak--now our state flower- John

[russau]

well John while your relaxing out beside a cool stream in the forest enjoyng what nature has for you to enjoy,while watching those that want to interupt your activeity,remeber 1 thing about the entire mess,"if they cant find you,,FM!!!!!! wish i was there to share the FM also!

[Gold Seeker]

you can read the full story at the link. its getting nuts out there. my garden looks like heck but we have had a drout and its been over 100 for a few months. hard to grow any thing when its wilting in the sun. i did get a good crop of beens and tomatos nothing else would come up. next year will be better i am betting. going to try some new seeds.

http://www.naturalnews.com/036709_home_ ... iency.html

Canada town outlaws food self-sufficiency

NaturalNews) A Canadian couple that has been growing a beautiful, meticulously-maintained front yard vegetable and herb garden has been ordered by city officials to uproot most of it by September 1 or else face lofty fines. CBC News and others are reporting that the town of Drummondville in Quebec is actually planning to ban all front yard gardens in the municipality beginning this fall; a move the spells the end of food self-sufficiency for many Canadians living in the area.

Michel Beauchamp and Josee Landry love to grow their own food. But the back yard of their well kept, Saint-Charles area home does not get enough natural sunlight throughout the day to grow the many varieties of fresh fare they have long enjoyed. So they asked their town's Environmental Services Inspector if it was permissible to grow food in their front yard, and they were given a verbal affirmative that this was not a problem.

"They used to have flowers growing, but Beauchamp has high blood pressure and wanted to eat healthier. So they planted cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchinis, beets, onions, and Brussels sprouts, among other vegetables," said CBC News about the garden. According to the same report, Beauchamp has lost an astounding 75 pounds since first planting the garden, and much of this is due to his having been able to grow and eat his own healthy food at home.


Drummondville changes its mind, betrays Beauchamp and his wife
But after the couple invested roughly $2,500 to install the garden, which is among the most tasteful and orderly front yard gardens that you will likely ever see, by the way (http://grist.org/list/city-officials-ar ... n-gardens/), Drummondville officials turned on the couple and told them that they would have to remove most of their garden or else face a daily fine of up to $300 -- and the couple was given just seven days to comply with this demand.

According to city officials, every front yard garden in Drummondville has to contain at least 30 percent grass, a requirement that Beauchamp and his wife did not comply with when they installed the garden. It does not appear that the couple was ever even told about the requirement; as they had previously received approval to plant the garden as it currently is.



Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/036709_home_ ... z23AzNOxre

The people of Drummond apparently didn't like the city telling them what they could do with their own fronts yards and got over 30,000 signatures on a petition, the city has now changed their stance on front yard gardens and even asked Josée Landry and Michel Beauchamp to help setup new guidelines for urban food gardens!!!!

http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=8b0 ... 059c37ba27

Hooray for the people of Drummond, it just shows you what you can do if you stand up to the politicians and rule makers that think they can decide what is good for all without any input from the people!!!!

Now if all of us could do what the people of Drummond did with all that is wrong in this country, we would get back some of what we have lost as well!!


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[h20prospector]

Really low water this year in N kalif but got a massive influx in rattlesnakes,wasps,hornet,meat bees and poison oak--now our state flower- John

what's the state bird now?

[russau]

Pat i think its( ii1ii )use a little imagination on this!