http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/05/elusive-edible-landscaping.html simplicity, creativity, self-sufficiency,...minivans Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:48:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/05/elusive-edible-landscaping.html/comment-page-1#comment-11388 katlin Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:12:36 +0000 http://littlehouse2.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/elusive-edible-landscaping/#comment-11388 My mother has been doing this for the last couple of years. She has incorporated corn with some lower bushes because the feathery tops look pretty and add height. She has also added spaghetti squash in just random places, again, because the visual texture changes the entire outlook. Heirloom tomatoes and purple asparagus near and around the arborvitas to add some color, she has taken the stance of using vegetables in her flower beds as ways to rebel against the "accepted ways" of planting a garden. Her herbs sit in pots that at one time were used only for the geraniums that she would get every summer. This started as a "Wouldn't this look pretty here? Plus we can get stuff from it!" moment. My mother has been doing this for the last couple of years. She has incorporated corn with some lower bushes because the feathery tops look pretty and add height. She has also added spaghetti squash in just random places, again, because the visual texture changes the entire outlook. Heirloom tomatoes and purple asparagus near and around the arborvitas to add some color, she has taken the stance of using vegetables in her flower beds as ways to rebel against the “accepted ways” of planting a garden. Her herbs sit in pots that at one time were used only for the geraniums that she would get every summer. This started as a “Wouldn’t this look pretty here? Plus we can get stuff from it!” moment.

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