Hello, City Hall? Is Anyone Paying Attention?

Imagine if every homeowner or renter with a sidewalk in Hudson did this!

Last summer and fall, as the year before, the entire strip between the curb and the sidewalk on the east side of Dodge Street, from State Street to Rope Alley, was lined with buckets full of soil and planted veggies and herbs.

Imagine if Hudson City Hall allowed every homeowner or renter with a sidewalk to do this!

Place a black cover down to kill the grass along the curb, two feet from parked cars.  Line the cover with buckets of all types to grow vegetable and herbs.  Know that the city will do nothing about it and allow you to do the same next year and beyond. 

I am often impressed with the ability of some cultures to utilize limited space to grow food.  Sometimes, though, certain people go too far, as is the case on Dodge Street.  This is where government is supposed to step in.