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[–] [email protected] 55 points 3 weeks ago (38 children)

Can’t grow anything but grass because they stripped off all the topsoil from the land that used to be a farm.

If you want a garden you need to buy soil

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)

Even if you have soil, in a whole lot of cities/municipalities/counties... there are zoning restrictions on growing certain amounts and kinds of plants/vegetables.

And HOAs. They all have their own restrictions as well.

Wanna collect rainwater?

Regulations on that too.

Wanna start a compost bin?

Well your neighbor can complain it smells bad in the summer. Might attract dangerous critters.

Hell, probably just laying down a sufficient amount of top soil might be enough to get a visit from an HOA rep or a county zoning wonk.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

As a German this amount of regulations, rules and bureaucracy astonishes me :D

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Im Germany, there might be similar regulations for collecting rain water or having a compost depending on your commune.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, but everybody ignores them

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