Stealth garden layout

A stealth garden should not look like a garden. In lean times, a home garden invites thieves and vandals. It also attracts the attention of local government officials. In many urban areas, vegetable gardens are banned or severely restricted in size. The main public reason for the bans is usually water crisis. Gardens take water and the authorities restrict water use in droughts. At other times, when there is no crisis, the bans are usually still enforced, leading one to conjecture that there might be hidden reasons for the bans, having nothing to do with water shortages. Other bans are imposed because local politicians don't like the look of gardens. They prefer sterile lawns of a uniform height. Gardens can get messy in the later stages of the growing season, so these politicians ban them to suit their own aesthetic sensibilities.

However, there are usually flower clubs in these urban areas. Many times these clubs wield considerable clout, so flowers are rarely banned. Flower beds can be mixed with all kinds of edibles and the edibles can be hidden in plain sight. Also, many flowers are edible in their own right. By planting the right mixes, a full garden can usually be grown as long as everything looks like flowers.

To avoid scrutiny, do not plant in rows or rigid grids. Plant more like the natural plants would grow, in mixed beds of informal shape. These beds can be made to be quite attractive if a little design thought goes into them. Download a plant companion guide and use it to plan your garden. Remember that many cultivated ornamental plants, such as flowering kale and orange cauliflower, are just as good as the standard varieties. And they make very pleasing gardens. Consider the planting from a hide in plain sight angle and you can stealth garden almost anywhere.

Use underground or drip irrigation that can be hidden among the plants to avoid the wrath of the authorities and their various informants. Water at night. Weed by hand in the early morning. If you follow these suggestions, you should be able to grow most of what you want safely and without local troubles.
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