Re: [Biofuel] Growing front-yard food can rile neighbors

2007-08-02 Thread Doug Woodard
Cold-stratification is what you need to do. store in a sealed baggie in damp (not wet) peat mosss in the refrigerator *without* freezing for 3-4 months (but watch for sprouting and plant when it does) or outside in a garden situation over winter but protected from squirrels etc. (hardware

Re: [Biofuel] Growing front-yard food can rile neighbors

2007-08-02 Thread Thomas Kelly
- From: doug swanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel List Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 6:29 AM Subject: [Biofuel] Growing front-yard food can rile neighbors http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/07/24/veggie.patch.ap/index.html A dedicated group of vegetable

[Biofuel] Growing front-yard food can rile neighbors

2007-08-01 Thread doug swanson
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/07/24/veggie.patch.ap/index.html A dedicated group of vegetable gardeners is ripping out their front lawns and planting dinner. Their front-yard kitchen gardens, with everything from vegetables to herbs and salad greens, are a source of food, a topic

Re: [Biofuel] Growing front-yard food can rile neighbors

2007-08-01 Thread Darryl McMahon
It all sounds very familiar. Good to see Bob Waldrop's name again. We had visits from city by-law enforcement when we started growing veggies in the front yard. The officer informed me the section closest to the road had to be planted in grass. I asked him to provide the regulation stating

Re: [Biofuel] Growing front-yard food can rile neighbors

2007-08-01 Thread Bruno M.
At 12:29 1/08/2007, Doug wrote: www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/07/24/veggie.patch.ap/index.html A dedicated group of vegetable gardeners is ripping out their front lawns and planting dinner. Their front-yard kitchen gardens, with everything from vegetables to herbs and salad greens, are a

Re: [Biofuel] Growing front-yard food can rile neighbors

2007-08-01 Thread robert and benita rabello
Darryl McMahon wrote: snip From now on, edibles will be grown within the fenced area. Increases the odds I'll get to decide who gets the produce. We have a local building ordinance which prohibits fencing, so our yard is completely open to everyone. Neighborhood kids are free to eat

Re: [Biofuel] Growing front-yard food can rile neighbors

2007-08-01 Thread Darryl McMahon
robert and benita rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Darryl McMahon wrote: snip We have a local building ordinance which prohibits fencing, so our yard is completely open to everyone. Neighborhood kids are free to eat our strawberries, provided they actually EAT them and refrain from

Re: [Biofuel] Growing front-yard food can rile neighbors

2007-08-01 Thread robert and benita rabello
Darryl McMahon wrote: (fences) Neighbourhood dogs are the reason for our fence. Odd how many of our neighbours don't seem to see their pets leaving deposits on our property, unless I happen to be outside myself to witness the event. I have even put out plastic bags and a litter pail for