I mentioned in a post a while back about how friends who live in the midwest have been doing guerrilla gardening for years. On our recent family visit to the midwest, I had a chance to catch up with my old friends – and get some photos of their work.
The photos above are from house that is going through foreclosure and has been empty for three years (times in the midwest have been bad for a while – even before all of the recent subprime mortgage issues). Countrywide now owns the house and sends mowers occasionally. The house will go to auction soon, though it is not expected to sell. In the mean time, the neighbors are dealing with overgrown weeds and the risk that the house will be vandalized (the doors have already been stolen) or a fire hazard.
To help the house look less deserted, neighbors planted a garden in the back yard. The yellow tape protects the garden from being plowed over when the mowers actually arrive. The flowers on the side of the house are also to make it look lived in. And, the next door neighbor has something better to look at than only the crumbling wall.
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