Vegetables on the ground: Ottawa can finally loosen the rules

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With the infinite waves of our half way from this federal election campaign Salvation tariffs Other dangerous messages coming from the White House are really feeling really feeling to touch the grass as a little break and herbs. The vegetables. And flowers.

Call Ottawa’s victory of the jacket gardens.

You see, you see, a narrow land strip between sidewalks and stands in front of many houses. It also takes other names and ideas like a space, as well as grass strip, nature strip, parking strip. It is a land strip near the street in front of your house. At the beginning of this week, under the hilarious new coat of the April belly. Don’t you feel better anymore? Peast? The gardening is doing it.

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Well, for the most normal people. Like me, for those who have a brown thumb of death, this is the best of our crazy. In horticulture, contribution, to promote more of others (an approach I have taken for food); It is mainly dead because the trade wars are worse.

Meanwhile, let’s go in. And more near the street, in addition to liberalizing the use of the kindergarten of the kindergarten near Ottawa city asking for reform Use of road salt after ecology Ottawa Supported concerns about it.

It seems that we use more salt in Ottawa that we use more salts than other cities that have a problem for our waterways. I’m not a scientist, but so much salt, probably not optimal for gardening. Especially as other solutions, it is not harmful, including beet water, including water.

I love beets! I wish I could grow them. Or something. But to our topic.

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Everyone’s house does not have a gap in front of everyone, but it’s a little on the edge of the front yard, because it is a strip of the city, because it is a strip with me, a semantics and a delicious therapeutic column with me).

For many years, you have not been able to do a lot with the land strip on the edge of your yard in Ottawi. In fact, even if you are not the owner, you have been obliged to keep on behalf of the city. Surely you have not been allowed to be pretty by planting flowers or – Gasp! – Vegetables.

Some people claim that these things “use and care about the ways” that planted very flower near the sidewalk. Can you imagine how much a Rufia is to do this? It reminds the hooligans that install small free libraries in front of their homes.

Neighbors, gardeners were complained, the members of the parliament were attended, news stories were written – suddenly cried and renewed by the city to allow the daisies. It was in 2023. Updated rules prohibit very tall plants for appearance and safety reasons and open reasons for harmful weeds. Gardeners are also obliged to be clear and clean of sidewalks.

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The only issue was that the changes in 2023, Veggies did not allow planting, care and nutrition.

Last week, after many lobbies by horticulturists, the Social Affairs and Infrastructure Committee voted to liberalize the Verge garden, who knows the lettuce, tomatoes and what he knows. Going to the full parliament next month for voting.

I know that these days, these days are almost in the middle of the federal elections, the year after a while after a while. But for our collective mind, I have to send an email to your Millova to send an email to your Millova to ensure that the network can eat.

And maybe try it yourself.

Brigitte Pellerin (They are / they are) Ottawa writer.

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