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October 2014
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Try Edible Landscaping—Indoors & Out Food gardening is thrifty, good for the planet and for our health. But many people avoid growing food because they can't imagine planting and maintaining a vegetable garden.
Go at whatever pace suits you. Focus on foods you want to eat yourself.
In the book The Beautiful Edible Garden, the authors suggest swaps, like replacing a magnolia tree with a Luckily, edible landscaping doesn't fuyu persimmon, peppers in place of have to be so utilitarian. Making zinnias, and boxwood in place of edible plants part of your landscaping blueberries. Onions add texture and can result in beautiful outdoor spaces flowers, while leafy greens replace and decorative houseplants, full of broad-leaf fillers. An indoor planter interesting textures and designs. full of herbs or even a tomato plant provides both decor and food. An easy approach to edible landscaping involves starting with a Many edible landscapers like the one-on-one replacement. Switch out idea of having an “off the grid” food just one ornamental plant, tree, or source in case of emergency, and houseplant with something edible. many prefer to use scarce water to Then try it again with something else. grow food, not ornamentals.
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