Yard work and gardening are not essential activities!

[Jamastiene]

85. The yard work and gardening are not the problem, imo.

I don't know if you have a smaller Lowe's or one of the supercenters, but at the supercenters, it is kind of hard to get that close to another customer, except at checkout. They have huge, wide aisles, and lots of open space to get away from anyone who does enter that six foot no-go space.

I can understand ignoring mowing the grass a while. I am going to ignore mine this year to see what volunteers to grow, i.e. evergreen native species of bushes and plants. I want more evergreens in my yard. I never wanted as much of my yard mowed as everyone seems to want to mow anyhow. I'm thinking about seeing what it gives me if I don't mow this year, but instead make a path to the car and clear out weeds up against the house. I want to see what happens with it now that the worst volunteer mowing offender is no longer welcome on my property. I had a falling out with my family last November. They need to stay away anyhow. Long story, but this will be my chance to not have a skinned down to the dirt yard and less erosion problems, considering the fact that I live on a hill. I have repeatedly told the offender that he is causing me a nightmare and endangering both my home and my neighbors' homes. I'm glad the falling out with that part of my family happened, considering how they did me. Trust me. It's for the better for more than just my yard. For me, it has been a much needed relief from abuse and gaslighting from them.

Gardening, though, gardening is golden. You won't be that close to anyone doing the gardening. I have .68 acres. Taking into account sunlight and available space on the southern side of my house and the shape of my property, I would still be about 50 to 60 feet away from my nearest neighbors. That is, IF I decided to do an in ground garden. What I actually plan to do is make a garden in my planters and make some extra planters. I already have all but one of the seeds that I need. I order heirloom seeds online though. I can skip that one thing this year and still have plenty to do to keep myself entertained and have some fun with it. The plants are on the long ends and still far away from any neighbors.

I can see not wanting people packed in stores, but the gardening itself, I don't see as any kind of rule breaking for safety. Unless there is something I am missing. Composting and saving some seeds from one year to the next, or getting them online or through some other remote form of trade can keep you right at home to garden with no need to go to the big box stores though.