Natural-Lawn Advocate Contests Blight Citation For Her Yard

By MICHAEL MELIAAssociated Press
HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – To Maggie Redfern, her all-natural front yard is a rebuke to the chemical-soaked, manicured lawns of suburban America. To some of her neighbors in New London, Connecticut, it’s an eyesore.
Ordered by the city’s blight officer to cut back overgrowth, Redfern is challenging local ordinances in a case that has rallied like-minded conservationists.
At a city hearing on her appeal this week, her supporters h