No, this is the landlord using USDA rules as an excuse to stop her messing up their landscaping. Or possibly a paranoid landlord thinking that a garden really c

No, this is the landlord using USDA rules as an excuse to stop her messing up their landscaping. Or possibly a paranoid landlord thinking that a garden really could be considered a "structure" and could get them in trouble. Either way, what's so outrageous about not being allowed to take other people's land (or public land, if you want to argue that route) for your own use?