FLORIDA COUPLE’S FRONT-YARD GARDEN LEGAL AFTER 6-YEAR BATTLE
July 2, 2019 in News by RBN Staff
Published: July 2, 2019
SOURCE: AP NEWS
A Miami-area couple whose front-yard vegetable garden prompted a 6-year legal battle with their village has held a ceremonial replanting of veggies under a new Florida law legalizing such gardens statewide.
Sixty-three-year-old Hermine Ricketts and her 60-year-old husband Tom Carroll planted jalapenos, green bell peppers and other vegetables on Monday when the bill went into effect. Miami Shores previously made such front yard gardens punishable by a daily fine of $50 on grounds they were unsightly and violated zoning codes.
