Vegetable gardens and native flowers

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This is a serious question... why do front yards exist at all? Put my fuckin' house closer to the curb and give me that room in the backyard, where it's actually usable!

I would rather have my house set back a bit from the street. A little farther from road noise, and if there's a car accident, I'd rather vehicles ended up in my yard than in my house. I don't know if that's actually the reason though. And it still doesn't need to be a lawn in front, even if there's a bit of space.
- Grow a bunch of trees in front yard.
Car through the front door
Because street canyons are no fun.
- Looks pretty fun to me
Why can't you use the space in the front yard?
- I can, but it's not as pleasant - cars driving by, and less privacy. There's just literally no benefit and several minor drawbacks in comparison to the back

Id kill for a garden like that. However i absolutely don't have the time for the upkeep

Farm style produce requires a lot of upkeep. People have no idea the work, and chemicals, that are needed to grow the stuff they buy in the grocery store. Nature will eat it before you do.
I'm not an expert, but I think planting native wild food bearing plants may help. If it can survive on its own it's worth a try.
Same with lawns tho . They r effing annoying.

I'm in the city limits. I'd get a fine for this. It's so stupid.

That's going to be super expensive in the US, as you would get insane fines by the HOA and probably would get evicted (even if you own the house).

just don't live in an HOA, it comes free with your using your brain when buying a house
- Yeah I use my brain when I choose where to live. Which is not in the US. However, I don't have money to buy so I'm forced to rent.
My neighbor didn't like my 6ft tall thistle, and called the city. Jokes on him. Next year I have 12ft tall sunflowers ready to go, and I'm putting a wall of them up right at the fucking sidewalk (actually offset by about 4ft so you can't "accidentally" knock them all down while walking by.
- I live in NL, I can do whatever the fuck I want with my garden. Also, I have 2 feet. No clue how to translate that to thistles or sunflowers. I don't live in 1800, sorry.

Your suburban home is using way more resources than is sustainable regardless of the quality of your garden.

Grass is the bane of foliage. It just shouldn’t have been.

Stupid golfers.

Grass isn't even horrific on its own. There are plenty of grasses, fescues, and sedges with native faunal associations.
Never letting it grow tall enough to flower and seed, though?

Try getting this past your HOA.

- Yep, people only like to talk about drama. No one is going to post on social media about their boring HOA that just takes care of common areas and maybe holds an annual BBQ.

This reminds me of a house in my neighborhood that goes all-out. I call it "the garden." The sidewalk in front of it as covered on both sides by a variety of native flowers and shrubs. After walking by lawn after lawn, it's like crossing a wild meadow, complete with butterflies and hummingbirds.

These both look stupid. Learn to balance. A clear-cut yard on one end of the spectrum, and some hobbyists vegetable maze on the other.

Also, I wonder what the income difference is between people living in houses like on the top and houses like on the bottom. I wonder if that affects their yards?

Maybe with a sweet wall to keep racoons from gobbling up all my lettuce