A young family in Acworth, Georgia, says their HOA is fining them $25 every day because the vegetables they grow to help feed their children are considered “unsightly.” Alex Duarte and Shawn Richardson grow peppers, tomatoes, habaneros, and herbs in trough gardens outside their home. “We don’t have a lot of money. The economy’s really tight right now.” Duarte says she offered to paint the garden beds any color the HOA wanted or surround them with wood, brick or rock — but was told “all of it” had to go. The fines began September 28, and by the week before Halloween, the family says the balance was nearing $750. “I don’t wanna lose one of the ways I feed my family because three people decided that they didn’t like my yard.”