On Sep 16, 7:35*am, Cindy Hamilton
wrote:
On Sep 15, 3:04*pm, harry wrote:



On Sep 14, 9:35*pm, Cindy Hamilton
wrote:

On Sep 14, 11:35*am, harry wrote:

On Sep 14, 3:55*pm, Cindy Hamilton
wrote:

On Sep 13, 11:04*am, harry wrote:

On Sep 13, 3:26*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:

"[DEKALB COUNTY, Ga.] DeKalb County is suing a local farmer for growing too
many vegetables, but he said he will fight the charges in the ongoing battle
neighbors call 'Cabbagegate.' "

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/24979774/detail.html

Homeowner has two acres and has been growing vegetables for 15 years to give
away and sell at the local farmer's market.

The city is correct in cracking down: vegetables are not food - vegetables
are what food eats.

Only *America, land of the free. *I can grow as mny cabbages as I
like, keep pigs and goats or anything else.

There are many places in America where one can do all those things,
and more. *The fellow in the news article ran afoul of local zoning
laws. *I didn't read the entire article on that extremely annoying
website, but I'd venture to guess that it looked like he was operating
a farm in an area zoned residential.

Some places in the U.S have zoning; others do not. *I'd be surprised
if the UK doesn't have similar laws.

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We do. But you can grow cabbages anywhere. It's a tradition dating
from WWx when people had to or starve. *You can even keep animals so
long as any noises and smells don't upset the nieghbours.

You can grow cabbages anywhere here, too. *However, I couldn't
set up a market garden on my two acres, because it's zoned
residential. *I could conceivably grow two acres of cabbages
and give them to my friends.

I've never investigated what the animal regulations are in my
area; I've got a policy against owning anything that craps. *I'm
pretty sure I could keep a few chickens, maybe a goat,
but nothing bigger or more numerous. *Just a mile or two
south of me, it's zoned agricultural, and they have quite
a bit more leeway as regards livestock.

I imagine that during WWx, there was a lot less
regulation of land use. *But my house wasn't built
then; it was all farmland.

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Children?

None. *I'm not as strident about being child-free as
"h" is, but I've never been interested in having them.

Although it could be argued that you only borrow
your children for a couple of decades.

People have a nerve criticizing others for their child-bearing
choices.
Excepting, of course, the crazy ones like the Octo-Mom and others of
her ilk.
As well as women victimized by male partners to have unwanted
children.
As well as (I'm on a roll!) adherents to a belief system that dictates
to a woman what she should do with her body.

As to the phrase "child-free", ir seems just as harsh as the phrase
"breeders"
used by angry/militant/whatever homosexuals to characterize us
heteros.
To quote the immortal words of Rodney King: "Can't we all get
along!"

HB