Hi, everybody. This is Joe Lampel, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner Show.

Today is part two of a three-part series on the challenges many people face in their efforts to have less lawn and more natural areas in their yards.

Fortunately, it's becoming more popular, but the bylaws of municipalities and HOA covenants and

restrictions have not kept pace with changing times, and that can lead to many disappointments

and worse for the people who are trying to unlaw their yards. Today's story is another nail-biter

of a nature-loving, environmentally conscious, quiet suburbanite Wolf Ruck,

who was suddenly forced to defend his charter right to practice freedom of expression on his own

property.

My conversation with Wolf was recorded in July of 2024, and what you will hear today

includes all of that, as well as portions of audio clips from Wolf's videos of the related bylaw enforcement, filmed before and after my recording.

So special thanks to Wolf for permission to utilize some of the audio that I've inserted into this episode.

So I want to dive right into the setup of the story, but as we do, thanks to our sponsors for today's episode.

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