content: Due to local ordinances in many areas it is becoming illegal. I've had a 20'x30' garden in my yard for years and last summer I was told I had to cut it all down because the tall and dense "weeds" were a haven for "insects, vermin and other pests". I tried to fight it and found out one anonymous complaint claimed there were rats seen going in and out of it. I tried to explain to them that those were rabbits but to no avail. I was simply given copies of the local ordinances, that were extremely vague, and told if I didn't clear it in 30 days that the city would and I would be fined and charged the cost of labor.