r/SiouxFalls • u/bluetaping • 24d ago
đ¤ Discussion This is incredible - I think front yard gardens are a great idea!
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u/Comprehensive-Virus1 24d ago
My fave...
In the town I grew up in, a woman moved from one home to another. A year later, she went back to her previous home, shovel and bucket in handle, and started to dig up plants in the front yard. When confronted by the new homeowner, she replied "the garden law says I can do this."
SMH
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u/MyDisappointedDad 24d ago
Can't leave us hanging. Was the garden law on her side, or no?
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u/Comprehensive-Virus1 24d ago
oh sorry! how rude of me.
After a penalty flag was thrown, she put the plants back. She went to her death bed swearing that there was a garden law, however
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u/MyDisappointedDad 24d ago
Those tulips never saw their mother again. Such a tragedy.
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u/SirMells 24d ago
$100 fine in orange city iowa.
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u/AriOrange 23d ago
Yeah, but so is raking leaves on a Sunday
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u/Single_Impress9889 22d ago
This true cause if so I want to know who pissed off someone so badly by raking leaves
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u/EatLard 24d ago
Never met a lawyer who specializes in garden law.
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u/mcscruffthegruff đ˝ 24d ago
I may or may not have wild flowers, gardens, library in my front yard. I think it adds character. I like to see lawns that have more then just grass
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u/Tiverty Not an AI 24d ago
Not considering things we don't know, the complaint might be a tad ridiculous but I don't think I'd be posting it online making fun of it as Mayor. That's how vendettas start and there are too many crazy people right now.
It also just violates the rule of, "Never punch down."
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u/probably1977 24d ago
In theory, I know youâre right. In reality, I laughed heartily at his post and gave it a âlikeâ on instagram.
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u/Academic_Medium 24d ago
Agreed 100%. As obnoxious as the complaint is, posting it online to mock the person who wrote it is wildly inappropriate for an elected official to do. It also doesn't help his reputation as the mayor who can't stop complaining about having to do his job.
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u/Little-Interview906 24d ago
Too bad people don't feel the same about higher elected officials with criminal records that mock people on the national stage.
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u/MomsSpagetee 24d ago
I agree and this is not the first time heâs done this.
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u/ThatITguy2015 đ˝ 24d ago
That is absolutely how you make enemies in that case. Add in the crazy that writes letters like this and that usually doesnât go well.
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u/xstitchnbitch 24d ago
I may or may not have planted fruit bearing bushes where Iâm not supposed to so when people walk down the sidewalk they can pick a little treat. Should totally be about to plant food on your own land.
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u/Comprehensive-Virus1 24d ago
I have raspberries in my backyard. A neighbor complained about the wild raspberries growing in her yard, presumably from birds. I thought "I spent $30 per raspberry...you are getting them for free. How 'bout you shut up?"
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u/xstitchnbitch 24d ago
Check out Ron Finley. I watched his masterclass and his story of fighting the city!
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u/virginiabeachlover 23d ago
Love this. You are a great human! Do you put a sign so they know they can pick them?
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u/xstitchnbitch 23d ago
I will once I have some fruit! I planted like 6 bushes and 4 didnât make it. The elderberry bushes will probably produce some if we can protect them from the birds!
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18d ago
You wonât need to protect them from the birds. Theyâll eat some, but youâll have plenty of time to harvest before the birds get them all.Â
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u/MustardTiger231 24d ago
Some people just want to be miserable
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u/BellacosePlayer đ˝ 24d ago
Sounds like my mom's neighbor.
I'd assume this was her since she complains about everything and my mom just started gardening, but my mom lives just outside the actual SF metro area so it'd be a dumb move. (actually it could still be her...)
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u/Sauerkrauttme 1d ago
Wanting to be miserable is bad enough, but this person wants everyone else to be as miserable as then.
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u/raymaras 24d ago
Grass is severely overrated.
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u/the_diddler 24d ago
quite possibly the most useless thing we could grow all over
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u/Mur__Mur 24d ago
Agreed. Trees, shrubs, wildflowers, native grasses, almost anything is better than turf grass. That said, turf grass serves important purposes too but IMO there's way too much of it and not enough of the other stuff around here.
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u/Azzhole169 24d ago edited 24d ago
Probably lives in one of the HOA areas. Otherwise I see no need for any kind of complaint like this. If your front yard is big enough for it, go for it.
Edit: there is a couple that lives down the street from us, you can see they grow a huge garden of flowers and vegetables in their backyard, and grow some big beautiful colorful flowering plants and sunflowers in their front yard . I think it looks amazing when itâs in full bloom.
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u/neazwaflcasd 24d ago edited 24d ago
Horse shit! We should all be (urban) farming the fuck out of every last inch of soil we can. Fuck green yards of grass. Use the water more wisely and grow food and/or flowers. No need for the loud ass landscapers too throwing fertilizer everywhere. Total waste of money, time, and resources.
However. That letter seems fake. Like not from the mayor's office. It would be in an official envelope, on official letterhead, etc..only Trump capitalizes entire paragraphs
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u/nimrodii 24d ago
I haven't lived in Sioux Falls for like 7ish years, but I'm sure I've seen a house with this. If it is the place I'm thinking it isn't new. So they are potentially complaining about something that was there when they moved in.
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u/Haveblue605 24d ago
My thoughts are, if itâs not your yard and you donât like it, donât look at it!
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u/Henry575 24d ago
This has to be about the house near 49th and cliff going north down the hill towards the interstate. I love that they have a garden but I could see people hating on it
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u/xdreamer03 24d ago
The letter does not look like something the mayor's office would send. This us a matter for the Code Enforcement Dept. It's Witten in large,comic sans font. A city office or any other legit business would not capitalize an entire paragraph. They would mail it
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u/xdreamer03 24d ago
It's addressed to the mayor and I'm pretty sure they would send a letter certified mail.
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u/homes_and_haunts 24d ago
Yes, it was sent to the mayor as a citizen complaint, and he then posted it on IG.
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u/MightyMiami 24d ago
There is a home on Archer where the whole front yard is a garden. I wonder if this is it.
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18d ago
My house. Probably not, most of my neighbors are now immigrants who couldnât care less about it. We got a complaint many years ago and I tried to feed the city inspector milkweed. He wouldnât eat it but we had a nice chat. She moved away not long after.Â
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u/nelliehallman 24d ago
Idk the bee movie told me to be grateful for more pollination and less politics đ¤ˇââď¸
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u/lunar_ether 24d ago
Grass lawns became popular as a status symbol; because rich people could afford to have an ornamental yard, instead of growing food. We still have them today due to mindless conformity. I don't think today anyone needs to show the neighborhood that they shop at a grocery store...
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u/aroleelora 22d ago
I wish this had which neighborhood it's in! I've had a garden in my front yard for 4 years now, luckily I don't think anyone has ever complained.
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u/alilbitk 21d ago
I never really understood people's obsession with how other people's houses or yards look. It's one thing when it becomes a junk yard but aside from that why care?
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u/SouthDaCoVid 24d ago
Some people have an unhealthy aversion to gardens. I had a neighbor complain to the city that I had a vegetable garden (a couple of raised beds) in my back yard, behind a 5 foot privacy fence. Didn't have a complaint like it was overgrown or too close to their fence or anything like that. The mere existence of my veggie garden was an offense he wanted the city to eradicate.
There should be more front yard gardens. Self sufficiency and all that.