“The farmer in the dell, the farmer in the dell, hi-ho the derry-o, the farmer and the dell…” so goes one of the most popular and oldest nursery rhymes, originating from Germany’s “Es fuhr ein Bau’r ins Holz” and brought to America by immigrants, and then spread around the world. In the United Kingdom it has a variant, “The nurse takes a dog.”

Growing your vegetables in “a small wooded valley” is unquestionably appropriate, but what about if you decide your garden should be in the front yard of your home in a residential district?