Vava Ava

Cecile, the question is not the relationship with your neighbors; it's the hours when roosters are the most active. We live across from a park and every now and then people drop off pets there. A cock appeared there once and was screaming around 4.30-5am each and every morning. We assume that raccoons got to him because he stopped a couple months later but those early mornings were horrible, they really affected our lives... for me personally the deepest sleep is from 3 to 6am, and when it's interrupted I feel depleted all day. Laws are made for a reason, sorry we don't live on acreage and many neighbors don't care... i heard stories when people were patient until they couldn't be patient any longer, took a gun and killed their neighbors for a small thing. You never know what mental condition your neighbors are in and cannot assume it's just "a little inconvenience"; maybe they suffer from insomnia, depression, suicidal tendencies, uncontrollable aggression and especially now in these difficult times, better not to add to that with cocks waking the entire neighborhood before dawn.

Here in South Florida we have pigeon peas and Sesbania grandiflora (vegetable hummingbird), White yams, Papaya, many tropical fruit trees like white sapote, jackfruit, cocoplum, natal plum, wild coffee, coffee arabica, cacao and many others that grow wonderfully from seed. Also great self seeders, ageratum (deters root knot nematodes), gaillardia (carefree native flower).... if anyone is interested in growing in zone 10 let me know and i can help with selection.

The first one is a sida, the 2nd one is marestail/horseweed, the third one is wedelia, or creeping daisy (Sphagneticola trilobata).