May 25, 2016
To set the stage...
Curtis had a next door neighbor. That neighbor used to own
Curtis's house, and he rented that house from them and farmed in
the back yard. When his neighbor decided to sell the house,
Curtis then purchased the house from his neighbor.
Subsequently that same neighbor went on to move to another house in
the neighborhood, and began renting out the house next door to
Curtis.
In the process a conversation began about Curtis farming his
neighbor’s backyard now that it was a rental.
The conversation eventual led to an agreement, one where Curtis
would take down the fence between his yard and his neighbors, and
extend his farm into his neighbor's back yard.
It's a process that was built on the back of respect and social
capital, and facilitated by old fashioned conversation.
Today we'll take an extended look at the transition of that back
yard from lawn to production farm, and all of the challenges and
successes that went with it..
It's currently May 11, 2016.
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