There are a lot of players who are frustrated at a recent influx of locust-glitchen who are stripping front-yard crops and gardens at an alarming rate. Now, we all know that we can put our gardens in back but this is a collaborative community at heart and community gardens were working very nicely a few months ago so we are resisting.
I had a brainstorm though. What if weeds decayed after a Glitch day or two and the plots were ready to water and plant? It feels particularly icky when your garden gets picked clean and you log in to weeds. The weeds are ugly and it feels like all your work tending and planting was for naught. Then you have to either leave the garden weedy in the hopes someone will come by and want to clear it (uncommon) or hoe/water/replant the whole thing.
If the weeds disappeared after a Glitch day, front yard gardens might feel a little better. Ideally you'd log in and find stuff growing like before, but if it was a while since the herbs had been picked you'd at least have a nice, clean garden that's ready to water and sow. You don't have to invest as much energy/time for a questionable return when you only water and plant and don't have to hoe. The self-hoeing plots might encourage more community replanting too, when it takes less effort to water and toss in some seeds.