http://www.freetalklive.com/taxonomy/term/11407/0 en http://www.freetalklive.com/content/michigan_woman_faces_93_days_jail_planting_vegetable_garden <p>It just doesn't get more ridiculous than this. Julie Bass of Oak Park, Michigan -- a mother of 6, law-abiding citizen, and gardener -- is facing 93 days in jail after being charged with a misdemeanor. Her crime? Planting a vegetable garden in the front yard.</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/michigan_woman_faces_93_days_jail_planting_vegetable_garden#comments Code enforcement garden lawn Michigan News Article Oak Park Regulation vegetables Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:31:25 +0000 Deslock Darkstar 12511 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/woman_oak_park_mi_faces_misdemeanor_charge_vegetable_garden <p>"That's not what we want to see in a front yard," said Oak Park City Planner Kevin Rulkowski.</p> <p>Why? The city is pointing to a code that says a front yard has to have suitable, live, plant material. The big question is what's "suitable?"</p> <p>"If you look at the definition of what suitable is in Webster's dictionary, it will say common. So, if you look around and you look in any other community, what's common to a front yard is a nice, grass yard with beautiful trees and bushes and flowers," the city bureaucrat said.</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/woman_oak_park_mi_faces_misdemeanor_charge_vegetable_garden#comments Code enforcement garden lawn Michigan News Article Oak Park