Comments on: Elusive Edible Landscaping http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/05/elusive-edible-landscaping.html simplicity, creativity, self-sufficiency,...minivans Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:47:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James Robertson http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/05/elusive-edible-landscaping.html/comment-page-1#comment-434 James Robertson Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:30:03 +0000 http://littlehouse2.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/elusive-edible-landscaping/#comment-434 All good tips, but I say: show off your front-yard garden! Challenge people's preconceptions about the front lawn! Take the battle right to the street! :-) We've planted our vege patch in our front garden, mostly because it's the only spot with good sun. But it's also part of our advocacy for people to grow stuff at home, even if it's nothing more than lettuce in a pot on their porch. What's been amazing is the comments we get from passer-byers. Every 5-10mins that I'm out in the garden I get someone saying "nice garden!". More and more I'm having lengthy discussions with people who've gone out of their way just to see how our garden is going. And with a train station 6 doors up, these are people just coming or going from work, not just immediate locals. So I say: let's grow our veges and be proud. :-) All good tips, but I say: show off your front-yard garden! Challenge people’s preconceptions about the front lawn! Take the battle right to the street! :-)

We’ve planted our vege patch in our front garden, mostly because it’s the only spot with good sun. But it’s also part of our advocacy for people to grow stuff at home, even if it’s nothing more than lettuce in a pot on their porch.

What’s been amazing is the comments we get from passer-byers. Every 5-10mins that I’m out in the garden I get someone saying “nice garden!”. More and more I’m having lengthy discussions with people who’ve gone out of their way just to see how our garden is going.

And with a train station 6 doors up, these are people just coming or going from work, not just immediate locals. So I say: let’s grow our veges and be proud. :-)

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