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  • From: Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Fwd: Need an expert with credentials
  • Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 19:17:39 -0400

On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Bob Waldrop <bob@bobwaldrop.net> wrote:

>
> so. . . I need someone with some horticultural credentials to certify
> that in their opinion, the following list of plants are NOT weeds. As
> previously noted. . . OKC
> code enforcement is once again attacking the abundance of my yard. See
> the pictures at http://www.bobwaldrop.net/?p=1803.
>
> I have been cited for tall grass and weeds. One of my defenses is that
> none of my plants are weeds. To show that this is more than my personal
> opinion, I am looking for people with any kind of horticultural
> credentials (degrees, jobs, etc) who would sign a statement along the
> lines of --
>

Job: owned and ran a landscape design, contracting & maintenance company
for 16 years;
often 7 jobs going at once in 3 counties and occasionally 5 employees. I
know a weed from
a food/ornamental/medicinal/culinary/specimen plant. Since that time I own
farmland in a rural area whereon
I have food producing market gardens within an elaborate (water, nutrient
and erosion management & ongoing soil quality improvement system
[expensive]) permaculture system.
I can speak with authority about the difference between weeds and
"economic" botanicals as can most of the 849 subscribers to this sometimes
exotic forum.
Most of my landscaping work was in urban and suburban areas with occasional
jobs in rural subdivisions and on rural properties.
I'll take a picture of one of my yards with WEEDS approaching 4 feet in
height, by design [want the grasses. clover and vetch to go to seed; the
greater burdock will get scythed].
Let me know how I can help, Bob.

LL

>
> These plants are not weeds. They are plants that are ornamental,
> useful, edible, or provide important ecosystem services for bees and
> butterflies. Growing these plants in an urban area is an important
> public service.
>
> Or words to that effect anyway. My hearing is June 2nd. I would like to
> collect as many letters as possible on this, doesn't matter if
> people are from Oklahoma City or not.
>
> The plants growing at my place are:
>
> Alfalfa
> Apple Mint
> Blackberries
> Blueberries
> Butterfly bush
> Butterfly weed
> Cannas
> Clove currants
> Comfrey
> Crimson clover
> Daylilies
> Delphinium
> Eupatoria
> Hairy vetch
> Hardy hibiscus
> Hollyhocks
> Jerusalem artichokes
> Lambs ears
> Liatris
> Loofa vine
> Maximilien sunflowers
> Morning glories
> Nanking cherries
> Native sunflowers
> Oregano
> Pole beans
> Prairie roses
> Prickly pear
> Scarlett runner bean
> Spearmint
> Walking Onions
> White Dutch clover
> Yarrow
>
> Anyone willing to help with this?
>
> Bob Waldrop
> Oklahoma City
>
>
>
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