i might freak out my neighbors this year.

[chuck_artemis]

when cousin christy got back from the motherland and was showing us her pictures, a couple really caught my eye. crazy uncle david has turned grandma alma's backyard into a garden - a little heavy on the cabbage, but very nice looking. now my backyard is full, but what if... my front yard is just a pain in the ass that needs mowing. i've got no great love of putting green lawns, unlike my grass-nazi neighbors. i could so see tilling it up and making a front yard farm. i saved the seeds from the volunteer tomato from hell that took over the backyard last summer (thank you birdie). i could put in some more vines, squash, beets, leafy greens, roots and tubers. i might call the fence guys up, and see how much it would cost to get the front yard done. it could be fun.

Comments

[jdquintette.livejournal.com]

There was a British series back in the 70s. I think it was called Good Neighbors, or the Good Life, or something. With Penelope Kieth (later of To The Manor Born) and Felicity Kendall. It's about a couple who decide to drop out and become self sufficient. They turn the front and back yards of their suburban London house into vegetable gardens and start keeping hogs and chickens.

The neighbors are not amused.:-)

[tick-wonderdog.livejournal.com]

i loved that show!
my suburbanoid neighbors would be quite unamused - the people on the block who don't know us (about half the block) don't really believe i'm the same guy who moved in here 9 years ago, because i lost all that weight and look so different. they think i'm tory's third husband - 1. fat guy, 2. black guy (cousin christy's BF when they stayed with us for a year), and 3. guy-in-skirts (me in my kilts.

[scearley.livejournal.com]

Fuck the neighbors. Grass is awful and bad for the environment anyway.

[breakableheart.livejournal.com]

I endorse this line or reasoning!

[torygraf.livejournal.com]

but the real question is, do we fence the front yard or not. I kind of like the idea of wrapping the front yard in a privacy fence just to keep the damn neighborkids from cutting across the yard/garden. Also, I am a bit of a hermit once I make it home (thanks dad) so I like the idea of being hidden away.

[breakableheart.livejournal.com]

I'm inclined to fence because I hate people like my privacy. On the other hand, any fence worth its salt needs to be 6 - 8 feet tall, which would block a significant amount of light. If you get pretty good light and the yard is big enough, fence! If you need that light and the fence would block lot, hmmm.... maybe a different strategy? A hedge? A hop hedge!