Neighbor, artist and master gardener Anne Hars took over the front yard of a foreclosed triplex earlier this year and planted a vegetable garden. The triplex had fallen in to disrepair and had become notorious for housing a bunch of gang members. The police evicted the gangsters and the building fell into disrepair.
The garden Anne planted in the spring had just begun to bring forth its bounty.
Then, this past week, an unpleasant man showed up claiming to work for Bank of America.
That was the end of the garden.
As Anne put it, “this is how the banks take care of their property…”
Read the whole saga on Anne’s blog, theforeclosuregarden.blogspot.com.