Spring Wind

squeetothegee:

latimes:

In the weeds of bureaucratic insanity there sprouts a small reprieve: Ron Finley planted a garden that fed both stomachs and souls in an area where healthful food is scarce. When the city demanded he remove it, neighbors protested and a councilman stepped in to mediate.

Photo: After taking a gardening class, Ron Finley planted vegetables, flowers and fruit in front of his Crenshaw-area home. It offers a free meal and a gathering place for the hard-pressed neighborhood. Credit: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times

Isn’t this what GOP/Tea Party wants poor people to do? Plant their own food so they don’t need gov’t assistance? And then the gov’t tries to shut it down. You can’t have it both ways.

(Source: Los Angeles Times, via conjuringseed)