Comments on: How to Hide Edibles in Your Front Yard http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/05/elusive-edible-landscaping.html simplicity, creativity, self-sufficiency,...minivans Wed, 23 May 2012 01:36:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: katlin 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.

]]> 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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