This is the second growing season that Sacramento residents have been able to grow vegetables, fruit trees and other food plants in their front yard thanks to a revised city ordinance. After a three-year effort by food activists, the city's Front Yard Ordinance was reworded in 2007 to specifically allow veggie gardens in that soil near the sidewalk. That change has enabled more and more Sacramento homeowners to grow their own food in an edible landscape, mingling [with] or replacing decorative... cheyacary StevieGee 2009-08-01T06:05:44Z 2009-08-01T06:05:44Z

I've got tomatoes, carrots, artichoke, and peas growing in my front yard farm along with lots of flowers and bulbs. It doesn't have to look like a farm to produce food.

StevieGee 2009-08-01T06:05:44Z Cheyenne Cary 2009-07-28T21:53:49Z 2009-07-28T21:53:49Z

Glad to hear that the FYO is inspiring some new gardens. For anyone interested in reading the actual legal language, the FYO can be found in Sacramento's City Code online: http://www.qcode.us/codes/sacramento/view.php?topic=17-iii-17_68-17_68_010&frames=on

Cheyenne Cary 2009-07-28T21:53:49Z Shellbelle 2009-07-18T03:47:28Z 2009-07-18T03:47:28Z

Well written and helpful. Nice!

Shellbelle 2009-07-18T03:47:28Z Bill Albertson 2009-07-17T23:00:20Z 2009-07-17T23:00:20Z

Oh, that is FANTASTIC news! This is the first and only place I have heard of this- going to tell all my friends now, I think some more roto-tillers are about to get rented!

Bill Albertson 2009-07-17T23:00:20Z Hawa Arsala 2009-07-17T22:59:00Z 2009-07-17T22:59:00Z

i like hearing about the benefits of front yard gardens, especially about the reduced water consumption. Do you have a link for the ordinance itself?

Hawa Arsala 2009-07-17T22:59:00Z thsas 2009-07-17T21:47:51Z 2009-07-17T21:47:51Z

nice piece.

thsas 2009-07-17T21:47:51Z