[Bowregard]

HOA says somebody complained and no more tomatoes after this year. I guess that means less time in the yard and more on the trails.

[Cyclopath]

HOA has a problem with green living plants and healthy food?

[Randito]

HOA boards tend to be populated by people that miss having power over others since they retired from middle management. The HOA in my development had a president a few years ago that decided to "crackdown" on one homeowner who was single and had a couple of roommates sharing his house with him. The HOA rules had something about you could only rent the entire unit. But the homeowner retained an attorney and contested the HOA's action. The HOA then retained an attorney. Several months passed, finally the HOA announced that all rental rules in the CC&Rs were null and void. I think a lot of the nonsense rules that HOA try to enforce are in fact unenforceable, but you'll need to hire an attorney to get them to back down.

[Anne Elk]

HOAs sound like worse entities than certain condo boards. Would it have mattered if the tomatoes were only in you backyard?

[zephyr]

[Bowregard]

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[Randito]

I would ask them what specific portion of the CC&Rs the feel your plants are in violation of. My HOA was hassling me about my daughter's van being parked in our driveway claiming that pickup trucks and vans were specifically banned in the CC&Rs section 17A. When I carefully read Section 17A I found a long enumeration of vehicle types , which included "automobiles" (as well as vans and pickup trucks) but importantly I found that a revision of the CC&RS adopted in the 90s had removed any reference to the enumeration of vehicle types and stated instead that only "private family automobiles" may be parked in the driveway, with no further definition of "private family automobiles". After I pointed out that they were trying to enforce a rule that was in fact not in the written rules, several board members started parking their pickup trucks in their driveways and letting junk pile up in their garage and they have stopped hassling me about my daughter's van.

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[Waterman]

Bo, tomatoes look awesome and well tended. Personally I would ignore the HOA when it comes to something like this. Our country would be a lot better off if everyone would just, Mind your own business!

[Chief Joseph]

I agree Waterman, one of my favorite sayings is that "Where there are people, there will be problems". When I bought my property I researched HOA's and also Recreational properties like Port Susan and Lake Connor Park, and found way to many bad experiences online. I left my Mom's place unattended here in Idaho, returned several weeks later with the yard full of 2' high weeds and grass, no problem, just a PITA to cut. Freedom is nice.

[Bowregard]

Today's harvest (minus 1-2 dozen Sungold): Left -> Right Big Daddy Early Girl Dark Star Mortgage Lifter

[zimmertr]

[Anne Elk]

So many tomato plants - do members of your family can part of the huge bounty?

[treeswarper]

I have a small garden in the front yard because it is the sunniest place. I think we have a couple of CCRs here. If I remember correctly, I read where goats are not permitted and you can't be running a business from your house, and houses are limited to one story. People need to read before buying but it sounds like some rules are vague. Something is nipping off the blooms on the Beefeater tomato. It's a bust. The Early Girl? is doing well. I have corn planted in the back and something is eating the tassels on the ears. I do not know if I will get any corn.