Only in America: It's official: Potato plants lack curb-appeal

The dire risks of growing vegetables in your front yard — and more in our collection of strange revelations about our nation

It's official: Potato plants lack curb-appeal
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Officials have charged an Oak Park, Mich., homeowner with a crime for growing vegetables in her own front yard. Although Julie Bass' vegetable garden is tidy, city planner Kevin Rulkowski says vegetables are "not what we want to see in a front yard." The city code requires "suitable" vegetation, says Rulkowski, which he defines as a "nice, grass yard with beautiful trees and bushes and flowers."

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