A Kingston, Ont. man is hoping for a great growing season — totally selfish, but in a good way. Plenty of growth means he’ll be able to share his crops with others, especially now.
Anyone travelling on Carnaby Street in the city’s west end may have noticed a front lawn with a couple of large gardens taking up a good portion of that lot.
Marc Hanes is an amateur gardener and environmentalist, and he also owns the property in question. “I’m a fact-based, science-based kind of guy and I kept reading about how lawns are actually bad for the environment,” Hanes said, “and the amount of work you spend on your lawn to also not even be helping the environment, that sort of bothered me.” For Hanes the space in front of his house now has a real