{"id":16149,"date":"2014-01-22T13:37:57","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T19:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=16149"},"modified":"2014-01-22T13:37:57","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T19:37:57","slug":"permaculture-food-forest-sean-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/permaculture-food-forest-sean-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Law’s Food Forest May Cost Him His Home [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UPDATE:<\/strong> The decision is in from the city… I’ve written a separate post about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Over the past few years, I’ve come across a number of stories of homeowners running afoul of City Hall<\/a> by choosing to plant gardens in front of their houses instead of “traditional” lawns. These gardeners have risked everything from snubs by the neighbors to jail time<\/a> for their choice to “foodscape” the front yard. A similar story came to my attention today on reddit<\/a>: Longwood, Florida homeowner Sean Law may lose his house tomorrow<\/strong> because he choose to implement the principles of\u00a0Masanobu Fukuoka<\/a> on his property rather than those of Trugreen and Scotts.<\/p>\n

Here’s a short overview of Sean’s efforts to do something different with his property… and the city government’s efforts to punish him:<\/p>\n