Vegetable gardens
 

Just wondering if there are any rules about having vegetable gardens in the villages.

You're not supposed to have them. I believe there are community gardens you can garden at.

You can have a "container garden" in flower pots. We grow tomatoes and herbs in pots placed at the back of our house.

The community garden is not for your own vegetables - they grow them and give them to charity.

We saw an interesting concept in British Columbia. You would rent a small plot of land, it would have access to water, for the year for a nominal fee. People were growing vegetables and beautiful flowers. I wish they would do something like that here.

I know people who have a few vegetables planted at the side or back of their homes. I never heard that they were not allowed.
The Twice on Tuesdays gardening class teaches about incorporating vegetable plants among your flowers also.

Right now, I'm eating (and neighbors too) some great tomatoes I've grown in back yard. Yummy

Some years ago, a local land owner came to the Garden Club North and offered a piece of land for people to rent and cultivate, he was prepared to bring water to the site and to turn over the ground, but there were no takers. I cannot remember how much he wanted per "piece". In Europe this type of gardening is known as Allotment gardening, people rent an area and plant their garden for the year.

My backyard neighbor grows veggies on the south side of his house all year.

I had a planter put in my lanai for veggies and herbs.

By now, I am sure many have read the "Flavorful Food" article on the front page of Lifestyles in today's Sun. Looks like veggie gardening is alive and well in TV!

I did grow tomatoes one year, but the Mocking Birds got into every tomato before I did! I also tried Blueberries and the birds loved them - they would eat them before they were ripe.

keep them more or less out of sight and no one will complain. incorporate them into the flower beds. did you know that fruit trees (citrus included) are not allowed to be planted in the front yards? yet I see them all of the time.

I heard the reason they don't want citrus trees is because they attract rats. I don't know if it's true or not. Maybe it's just the mess they would make.

And Palm Seed Pods Too...
 

I work in the horticulture business, so here's a news flash regarding rats being attracted to citrus...they will also travel miles to feed on the large seed pods on queen palms, sylvesters and pindos....so if you see a seed pod form, cut it off or be prepared for the "rat buffet.".

Good for you! Grow what you want as long as it's not an eye sore from the street or for your neighbors and you won't have a problem. Now if you want to grow tobacco next to your driveway then maybe.

My mom years ago had berries and tomatoes in Palatka Fla in a screen house something like your birdcages but with a dirt floor and a brick patio in the middle. That was so the birds couldn't get at the fruit. She had flowering shrubs growing along the back edge that faced the neighbors outside the screen and a little patio with tables in the middle. Soaker hoses were attached somehow to the sprinkler system so they always got water. I can remember playing in there as a kid and stuffing myself with berries don't remember the exact setup as I was 6 at the time. I just remember it because it was the only place I could play and not worry about being stung.