tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post4683133516773140538..comments2023-11-27T08:17:04.505-06:00Comments on Adventures in Urban Homesteading: Moving day(s) (or daze?)Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04570718941895225222noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-19879532307237584752011-05-19T13:21:58.854-05:002011-05-19T13:21:58.854-05:00It is amazing how political I feel I've become...It is amazing how political I feel I've become over some of this. I don't know about running for office - but I do think about how to change who is currently in office to someone who is more supportive! =) <br /><br />I don't know why people vote against chickens except extreme lack of knowledge! Hopefully that city councilperson will be impressed and will be onboard when Salem increases the chicken limit someday...Aimeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570718941895225222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-9948168160905614712011-05-18T14:51:47.199-05:002011-05-18T14:51:47.199-05:00Yes Aimee, run for office! In Salem, it took seve...Yes Aimee, run for office! In Salem, it took several years to get the law changed so we could keep chickens, and then only 3 per household. I read where one person on the upcoming tour of chicken homes had some friends and neighbors come help her build her chicken coop, and one of them was a city councilman who voted against the ordinance! Crazy!Momhttp://livingsimply-livingwell.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-13184648404346571942011-05-09T06:43:41.442-05:002011-05-09T06:43:41.442-05:00Improperly stacked firewood? That is almost funny,...Improperly stacked firewood? That is almost funny, if it weren't so sad that we have laws like this in America. Well I hope the new place works out, and in the mean time maybe you should run for office and get in there and change these stupid laws ;)Jane @ Hard Work Homesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905658082120445313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-66919472396923141062011-05-08T22:30:04.748-05:002011-05-08T22:30:04.748-05:00No rain barrels allowed!? Getting cited for brown ...No rain barrels allowed!? Getting cited for brown grass!? Geez!! That sounds worse than us. <br /><br />We were cited on multiple levels. One, I think they didn't like the shade structures. They were ugly, or temporary structures aren't allowed, or soemthing like that. Two, technically you can't grow food commercially on a residentially-zoned lot. I guess we could have our own small collection of logs for our own use, but once you start selling them - illegal! And three, perhaps the funniest, we were cited for "improperly stacked firewood." I guess they don't see the logs as food sources, but as "firewood" and if it's firewood, it's not stacked right! I didn't even know there was a city zoning rule about how to stack your firewood. Geez. <br /><br />That was for our own yard. I don't know what the citations said for a friends yard (from last year) and our neighbors yard more recently - but I suspect it was the same sort of rubbish. <br /><br />Hope your mushrooms are going well! =)Aimeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570718941895225222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-56846978219333137652011-05-08T18:08:00.254-05:002011-05-08T18:08:00.254-05:00I can not believe you get cited for logs. What doe...I can not believe you get cited for logs. What does the citation say is the offense? Are they saying they are unsightly? Nothing like paying tons of taxes only to be told growing food is illegal. Another blogger I read is not allowed to have a rain barrel, yet gets citied if her grass turns brown from lack of water. Go figure.Jane @ Hard Work Homesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905658082120445313noreply@blogger.com