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To set the stage...

Curtis had a next door neighbor.\\xa0 That neighbor used to own Curtis\'s house, and he rented that house from them and farmed in the back yard.\\xa0 When his neighbor decided to sell the house, Curtis then purchased the house from his neighbor.\\xa0 Subsequently that same neighbor went on to move to another house in the neighborhood, and began renting out the house next door to Curtis.

In the process a conversation began about Curtis farming his neighbor\\u2019s backyard now that it was a rental.

The conversation eventual led to an agreement, one where Curtis would take down the fence between his yard and his neighbors, and extend his farm into his neighbor\'s back yard. \\xa0

It\'s a process that was built on the back of respect and social capital, and facilitated by old fashioned conversation.

Today we\'ll take an extended look at the transition of that back yard from lawn to production farm, and all of the challenges and successes that went with it..

It\'s currently May 11, 2016.

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