We hear about that sort of thing here and wonder what the heck is going wrong in the deep south. Same issue going on in some Georgia cities too.

It is actually fashionable here in Portland to have a vegetable garden in the front yard and there is enough overproduction that the surplus regularly shows up at the food banks.

Some people don't like it because if the vegetables are not regularly picked, or picked up when they fall, it attracts rats. That's why my landlord did the jerk move of cutting down the pear tree in the back yard but I guess there were other reason for it. Either way, I am looking to move but did learn the less on about how it can be problematic to have the garden really close to the house.