Until now, you couldn't plant vegetables in a curbside garden. City council will (finally) vote next month on a motion to allow it.

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We’re not halfway through this federal election campaign but what with the endless waves of liberation tariffs and other threatening messages coming from the White House it really feels like we need a little break and to touch grass, like the kids say. Vegetables, too. And flowers.

Call it the victory of Ottawa’s verge gardeners.

A verge, you see, is the narrow strip of land between the sidewalk and the curb in front of many homes. This space also goes by........

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